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CVE-2017-5461

UNKNOWN
Published 2017-05-11T01:00:00
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Description

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.

Understanding This Vulnerability

This Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) entry provides detailed information about a security vulnerability that has been publicly disclosed. CVEs are standardized identifiers assigned by MITRE Corporation to track and catalog security vulnerabilities across software and hardware products.

The severity rating (UNKNOWN) indicates the potential impact of this vulnerability based on the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) framework. Higher severity ratings typically indicate vulnerabilities that could lead to more significant security breaches if exploited. Security teams should prioritize remediation efforts based on severity, exploit availability, and the EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score, which predicts the likelihood of exploitation in the wild.

If this vulnerability affects products or systems in your infrastructure, we recommend reviewing the affected products section, checking for available patches or updates from vendors, and implementing recommended workarounds or solutions until a permanent fix is available. Organizations should also monitor security advisories and threat intelligence feeds for updates about active exploitation of this vulnerability.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

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Affected Products

References

EU Vulnerability Database

Monitored by ENISA for EU cybersecurity

EU Coordination

EU Coordinated

Exploitation Status

No Known Exploitation

ENISA Analysis

Malicious code in bioql (PyPI)

Affected Products (ENISA)

mozilla
firefox esr

ENISA Scoring

CVSS Score (3.0)

9.8
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

1.240
probability

ENISA References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5461.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1103
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1102
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1101
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1100
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5461
https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2017-5461.html
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5461
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2017-5461.html
https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2017-5461.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98050
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.4_release_notes
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.30.1_release_notes
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.29.5_release_notes
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.28.4_release_notes
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5461
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5461
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/#CVE-2017-5461
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344380
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/#CVE-2017-5461

Data provided by ENISA EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated: October 3, 2025

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-f438-mjv4-rwx8

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

Published: 2017-05-11T01:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T15:04:14.289Z
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