CVE-2016-1978 (GCVE-0-2016-1978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-03-13 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:17
VLAI
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ssl3_HandleECDHServerKeyExchange function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by making an SSL (1) DHE or (2) ECDHE handshake at a time of high memory consumption.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2016-01-26 00:00
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