Input validation error in Mozilla NSS - CVE-2019-17007
Published: December 9, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23467
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17007
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla NSS
Mozilla NSS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the collect_certs() function in /lib/pkcs7/certread.c in Mozilla NSS library. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted certificate to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17007
Install updates from vendor's website.