CVE-2017-5461

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.

• CWE-787

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

Published

May 11, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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