CVE-2017-11696 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in NSS

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.88%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Debian NSS
Timeline
PublishedDec 27
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the __hash_open function in lib/dbm/src/hash.c in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact using a crafted cert8.db file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶debiandebian/nss

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-3mcr-pwj8-hwgr: Heap-based buffer overflow in the __hash_open function in lib/dbm/src/hash↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-11696: Heap-based buffer overflow in the __hash_open function in lib/dbm/src/hash↗2017-12-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
nss: Heap-buffer-overflow in __hash_open↗2017-08-09
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Debian
CVE-2017-11696: nss - Heap-based buffer overflow in the __hash_open function in lib/dbm/src/hash.c in ...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-11696 nss: Heap-buffer-overflow in __hash_open↗2017-08-31
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