Buffer overflow in Mozilla NSS - CVE-2012-0441
Published: August 14, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45693
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-2012-0441
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the ASN.1 decoder in the QuickDER decoder in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS). A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Mozilla NSS
Amazon Linux AMI
nss (Alpine package)
Amazon Linux AMI
nss (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2012-0441
Install updates from vendor's website.
Mozilla NSS - update to 3.13.4
nss (Alpine package) - update to 3.12.8-r1
nss (Alpine package) - update to 3.12.8-r1
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00015.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49976
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50316
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2490
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:088
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-39.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53798
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1540-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1540-2
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=715073
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16701