vulnerability
MFSA2016-36 Thunderbird: Use-after-free during processing of DER encoded keys in NSS (CVE-2016-1979)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 13, 2016 | Apr 15, 2016 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 13, 2016
Added
Apr 15, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 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.
Solutions
mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-38_8mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-45_0
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