CVE-2017-5462

A flaw in DRBG number generation within the Network Security Services (NSS) library where the internal state V does not correctly carry bits over. The NSS library has been updated to fix this issue to address this issue and Firefox ESR 52.1 has been updated with NSS version 3.28.4. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

• CWE-682

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345089Issue Tracking
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345089Issue Tracking
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 11, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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