CVE-2016-1979

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1979
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-1979.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-1979
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Published
2016-03-13T18:59:28Z
Modified
2025-08-09T19:01:29Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
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Details

Use-after-free vulnerability in the PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted key data with DER encoding.

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Affected packages