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CVE-2016-1978

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CVE-2016-1978

Published: Mar 13, 2016

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

DSA-3688
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
RHSA-2016:0684
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
SUSE-SU-2016:0820
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
RHSA-2016:0685
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
SUSE-SU-2016:0727
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
84275
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
USN-2973-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2016:0591
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
SUSE-SU-2016:0909
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
1035258
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
91787
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
SUSE-SU-2016:0777
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
GLSA-201605-06
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO

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