gsd-2017-5461
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
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.
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CVE-2017-5461


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      "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",
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}


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