8.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-1979
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) Use-after-free PKCS#8 Key Derivation Vulnerability
Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted key data with DER encoding.

INFO

Published Date :

March 13, 2016, 6:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:47 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-1979 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-1979 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla network_security_services
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-1979.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0591.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0684.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0685.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-36.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84221
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa124
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185033
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.1_release_notes
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0591.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0684.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0685.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-36.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84221
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa124
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185033
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.1_release_notes
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Python

Updated: 11 months ago
9 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : June 15, 2016, 1:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 71 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-1979 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-1979 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0591.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0684.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0685.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688
    Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-36.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84221
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1
    Added Reference https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa124
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185033
    Added Reference https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.1_release_notes
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 09, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0685.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0684.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84221 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 13, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0591.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 15, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa124
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 19, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Evaluator Description <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a>
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:44.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-36.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-36.html Advisory
    Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Translated by [email protected]

    Mar. 15, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Translation Vulnerabilidad de uso después de liberación de memoria en la función PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey en Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) en versiones anteriores a 3.21.1, como se utiliza en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 45.0, permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a través de datos clave manipulados con cifrado DER.
    Added Translation Vulnerabilidad de uso después de liberación de memoria en la función PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey en Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) en versiones anteriores a 3.21.1, como se utiliza en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 45.0, permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a través de datos de clave manipulados con codificado DER.
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-1979 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-1979 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.29 }} 0.08%

score

0.92202

percentile

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