A use-after-free flaw was found in the way NSS processed certain DER (Distinguished Encoding Rules) encoded cryptographic keys. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially crafted DER encoded certificate which, when parsed by an application compiled against the NSS library, could cause that application to crash, or execute arbitrary code using the permissions of the user running the application.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | nspr | 2016-05-18 14:00 | ALAS-2016-702 |
Amazon Linux 1 | nss | 2016-05-18 14:00 | ALAS-2016-702 |
Amazon Linux 1 | nss-softokn | 2016-05-18 14:00 | ALAS-2016-702 |
Amazon Linux 1 | nss-util | 2016-05-18 14:00 | ALAS-2016-702 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |