CVE-2017-11697 — 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 Buffer7 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian NSSMsrc Azl3 Mozjs 102.15.1-1 ON Azure Linux 3.0
Timeline
PublishedDec 27
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The __hash_open function in hash.c:229 in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and crash) via 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 Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/nss

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-qc6x-5778-fhxh: The __hash_open function in hash↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-11697: The __hash_open function in hash↗2017-12-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Microsoft
The __hash_open function in hash.c:229 in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and crash) via a crafted cer↗2017-12-12
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Red Hat
nss: Floating Point Exception in __hash_open↗2017-08-09
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Debian
CVE-2017-11697: nss - The __hash_open function in hash.c:229 in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-11697 nss: Floating Point Exception in __hash_open↗2017-08-31
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