CVE - CVE-2016-1978

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-1978	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ssl3_HandleECDHServerKeyExchange function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by making an SSL (1) DHE or (2) ECDHE handshake at a time of high memory consumption.
References
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BID:84275 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84275 BID:91787 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-15.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html CONFIRM:https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa124 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1209546 DEBIAN:DSA-3688 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688 GENTOO:GLSA-201605-06 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 MISC:https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21_release_notes REDHAT:RHSA-2016:0591 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0591.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:0684 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0684.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:0685 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0685.html SECTRACK:1035258 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035258 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:0727 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:0777 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:0820 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:0909 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html UBUNTU:USN-2973-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1
Assigning CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Date Record Created
20160120	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160120)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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