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CVE-2017-5461

Published: May 11, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-787
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
4.7%
Top 9.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected Products

ThunderbirdMozilla
On-premDesktop App
Communications / email-server-client
Firefox ESRMozilla
Desktop App
Consumer Software / browser
FirefoxMozilla
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
network security servicesmozillaConsumer Software
UbuntuCanonical Ltd.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
mozillaoss-projectUSConsumer Softwareaka mozilla corp.
canonical ltd.commercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical
and 7 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04
security.gentoo.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98050
securityfocus.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1103
access.redhat.com
and 42 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
May 11, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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