CVSS 3.0
7.3 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LCVE-2016-1978
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ssl3_HandleECDHServerKeyExchange function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by making an SSL (1) DHE or (2) ECDHE handshake at a time of high memory consumption.
Severity
- EPSS
- 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 83% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- mozilla:firefox
- mozilla:network_security_services
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.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