FKIE_CVE-2016-1979
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-03-13 18:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:43
Severity
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted key data with DER encoding.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | * | |
| mozilla | network_security_services | * |
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