vulnerability
MFSA2016-15 Firefox: Use-after-free in NSS during SSL connections in low memory (CVE-2016-1978)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 26, 2016 | Mar 10, 2016 | Nov 27, 2024 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 26, 2016
Added
Mar 10, 2016
Modified
Nov 27, 2024
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ssl3_HandleECDHServerKeyExchange function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by making an SSL (1) DHE or (2) ECDHE handshake at a time of high memory consumption.
Solutions
mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-38_8mozilla-firefox-upgrade-44_0
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