CVE-2016-1979
HIGH8.8EPSS 0.71%icedove - security update
Published: 3/13/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted key data with DER encoding.
Affected packages (4)
- Debian/firefox-esrfrom 0, < 45.0esr-1
- Debian/icedovefrom 0, < 38.8.0-1~deb7u1
- Debian/icedovefrom 0, < 38.8.0-1~deb8u1
- Debian/nssfrom 0, < 2:3.21-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |