CVE-2017-5461
nss - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.61%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-5461
To remediate CVE-2017-5461, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.23-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 45.9.0esr-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2:3.26.2-1.1 or later
- —upgrade to 2:3.26-1+debu7u3 or later
- —upgrade to 2:3.26-1+debu8u2 or later
Is CVE-2017-5461 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (5)
- from 0, < 3.23-r1
- from 0, < 45.9.0esr-1
- from 0, < 2:3.26.2-1.1
- from 0, < 2:3.26-1+debu7u3
- from 0, < 2:3.26-1+debu8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |