CVE-2016-1978 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0591.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0684.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0685.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-15.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84275 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035258 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1 https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa124 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1209546 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21_release_notes https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

7.3