CVE-2016-5285

Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
1.6%
top 18.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 15
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A Null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in Mozilla Network Security Services due to a missing NULL check in PK11_SignWithSymKey / ssl3_ComputeRecordMACConstantTime, which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages28 packages

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 8.0, 9.0, Enterprise Linux 5.0, 6.0, 7.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-5p92-qfvf-9h9q: Null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in K11_SignWithSymKey / ssl3_ComputeRecordMACConstantTime in NSS before 32022-05-24
OSV
CVE-2016-5285: A Null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in Mozilla Network Security Services due to a missing NULL check in PK11_SignWithSymKey / ssl3_Compute2019-11-15
CVEList
CVE-2016-5285: A Null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in Mozilla Network Security Services due to a missing NULL check in PK11_SignWithSymKey / ssl3_Compute2019-11-15
OSV
nss vulnerabilities2017-01-04

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
NSS vulnerabilities2017-01-04
Red Hat
nss: Missing NULL check in PK11_SignWithSymKey / ssl3_ComputeRecordMACConstantTime causes server crash2016-11-16
Debian
CVE-2016-5285: nss - A Null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in Mozilla Network Security Serv...2016

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5285 nss: Missing NULL check in PK11_SignWithSymKey / ssl3_ComputeRecordMACConstantTime causes server crash [fedora-all]2016-11-16
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5285 nss: Missing NULL check in PK11_SignWithSymKey / ssl3_ComputeRecordMACConstantTime causes server crash2016-10-12
CVE-2016-5285 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | A Null pointer dereference vulnerab | cvebase.io