Input validation error in Mozilla NSS - CVE-2016-2834

 

Input validation error in Mozilla NSS - CVE-2016-2834

Published: June 13, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33810
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2834
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.23, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.


Affected software

Mozilla NSS
FlashSystem 840 9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1
FlashSystem 900 9840-AE2 and 9843-AE2
nss (Alpine package)
IBM FlashSystem V9000
IBM Storwize V7000
IBM Storwize V5000
IBM Storwize V3700
IBM Storwize V3500

How to mitigate CVE-2016-2834

Install update from vendor's website.

Mozilla NSS - update to 3.23
nss (Alpine package) - update to 3.23-r0
IBM FlashSystem V9000 - addressed in versions 7.6.1.7, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.0.2, 7.8.1.0
IBM Storwize V7000 - addressed in versions 7.6.1.7, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.0.2, 7.8.1.0
IBM Storwize V5000 - addressed in versions 7.6.1.7, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.0.2, 7.8.1.0
IBM Storwize V3700 - addressed in versions 7.6.1.7, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.0.2, 7.8.1.0
IBM Storwize V3500 - addressed in versions 7.6.1.7, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.0.2, 7.8.1.0

External References

Related Security Bulletins