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CVE-2016-1950

Publication date 8 March 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.3 and 3.20.x and 3.21.x before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted ASN.1 data in an X.509 certificate.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Fixed 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
nss 17.04 zesty
Fixed 2:3.21-1ubuntu4
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 2:3.21-1ubuntu4
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:3.21-1ubuntu4
15.10 wily
Fixed 2:3.21-0ubuntu0.15.10.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2:3.21-0ubuntu0.12.04.3
thunderbird 17.04 zesty
Fixed 1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
15.10 wily
Fixed 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
nss

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

Other references