CVE-2017-5461

N/A
Published: May 11, 2017 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:20 AM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorNetwork Security ServicesFirefoxThunderbird

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 3.21.43.29 ≤ v < 3.29.53.30 ≤ v < 3.30.13.22 < v < 3.28.4
Affected range stops below 3.21.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.28.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.29.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.30.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 53
Affected range stops below 53, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 45.9v < 52.1
Affected range stops below 45.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 52.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 52.1
Affected range stops below 52.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (21)

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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