CVE-2017-5461

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    CVE-2017-5461

    Published: 11 May 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.4, 3.22.x through 3.28.x before 3.28.4, 3.29.x before 3.29.5, and 3.30.x before 3.30.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging incorrect base64 operations.

    References: https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.30.1_release_notes, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5461, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5461, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.29.5_release_notes, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/#CVE-2017-5461, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.4_release_notes, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/#CVE-2017-5461, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98050, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.28.4_release_notes, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344380, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1100, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1101, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1102, http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831, http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1103

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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