DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1979

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1979
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1979.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1979
Upstream
Published
2016-03-13T18:59:28Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:36Z
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
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11

firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
45.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nss?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.21-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12

firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
45.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nss?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.21-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13

firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
45.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nss?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.21-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14

firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
45.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nss?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.21-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}