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CVE-2017-5462

N/A
Published: June 11, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:20 AM UTC
5 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxFirefoxThunderbird

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

A flaw in DRBG number generation within the Network Security Services (NSS) library where the internal state V does not correctly carry bits over. The NSS library has been updated to fix this issue to address this issue and Firefox ESR 52.1 has been updated with NSS version 3.28.4. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Affected

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

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
8.0
Firefox· Mozilla
95%
v < 45.9.0v < 53v < 53.052.0
Affected range stops below 53, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 53.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Network Security Services· Mozilla
95%
v < 3.28.4
Affected range stops below 3.28.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Thunderbird· Mozilla
95%
v < 52.1v < 52.1.0
Affected range stops below 52.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 52.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Firefox ESR· Mozilla
60%
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 45.9.0, 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

References (10)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345089
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-682

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