critical
CVE-2017-5461
nss: Write beyond bounds caused by bugs in Base64 de/encoding in nssb64d.c and nssb64e.c (MFSA 2017-10)
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Red Hat, Amazon, Oracle. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).
Description
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.4, 3.22.x through 3.28.x before 3.28.4, 3.29.x before 3.29.5, and 3.30.x before 3.30.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging incorrect base64 operations.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 1 | nss, nss-debuginfo, nss-devel and 6 more | 3.28.4-1.0.78.amzn1 and 1 more |
| Oracle Linux 5 | nss, nss-devel, nss-pkcs11-devel and 1 more | 3.21.3-2.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | nss, nss-devel, nss-pkcs11-devel and 4 more | 3.28.4-1.0.1.el6_9 and 1 more |
| Oracle Linux 7 | nss, nss-devel, nss-pkcs11-devel and 4 more | 3.28.4-1.0.0.1.el7_3 and 1 more |
| alpine 3.3 | nss | 3.23-r1 |
| alpine 3.4 | nss | 3.23-r1 |
| debian 11 | firefox-esr, nss | 45.9.0esr-1 and 1 more |
| debian 12 | firefox-esr, nss | 45.9.0esr-1 and 1 more |
| debian 13 | firefox-esr, nss | 45.9.0esr-1 and 1 more |
| debian 14 | firefox-esr, nss | 45.9.0esr-1 and 1 more |
| debian 7 | firefox-esr, nss | 45.9.0esr-1~deb7u1 and 1 more |
| debian 8 | firefox-esr, nss | 45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 and 1 more |
Show all 60 entries from 22 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 1 | nss | 3.28.4-1.0.78.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | nss-debuginfo | 3.28.4-1.0.78.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | nss-devel | 3.28.4-1.0.78.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | nss-pkcs11-devel | 3.28.4-1.0.78.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | nss-sysinit | 3.28.4-1.0.78.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | nss-tools | 3.28.4-1.0.78.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | nss-util | 3.28.4-1.0.52.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | nss-util-debuginfo | 3.28.4-1.0.52.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | nss-util-devel | 3.28.4-1.0.52.amzn1 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | nss | 3.21.3-2.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | nss-devel | 3.21.3-2.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | nss-pkcs11-devel | 3.21.3-2.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | nss-tools | 3.21.3-2.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | nss | 3.28.4-1.0.1.el6_9 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | nss-devel | 3.28.4-1.0.1.el6_9 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | nss-pkcs11-devel | 3.28.4-1.0.1.el6_9 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | nss-sysinit | 3.28.4-1.0.1.el6_9 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | nss-tools | 3.28.4-1.0.1.el6_9 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | nss-util | 3.28.4-1.el6_9 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | nss-util-devel | 3.28.4-1.el6_9 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | nss | 3.28.4-1.0.0.1.el7_3 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | nss-devel | 3.28.4-1.0.0.1.el7_3 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | nss-pkcs11-devel | 3.28.4-1.0.0.1.el7_3 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | nss-sysinit | 3.28.4-1.0.0.1.el7_3 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | nss-tools | 3.28.4-1.0.0.1.el7_3 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | nss-util | 3.28.4-1.0.el7_3 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | nss-util-devel | 3.28.4-1.0.el7_3 |
| alpine 3.3 | nss | 3.23-r1 |
| alpine 3.4 | nss | 3.23-r1 |
| debian 11 | firefox-esr | 45.9.0esr-1 |
| debian 11 | nss | 2:3.26.2-1.1 |
| debian 12 | firefox-esr | 45.9.0esr-1 |
| debian 12 | nss | 2:3.26.2-1.1 |
| debian 13 | firefox-esr | 45.9.0esr-1 |
| debian 13 | nss | 2:3.26.2-1.1 |
| debian 14 | firefox-esr | 45.9.0esr-1 |
| debian 14 | nss | 2:3.26.2-1.1 |
| debian 7 | firefox-esr | 45.9.0esr-1~deb7u1 |
| debian 7 | nss | 2:3.26-1+debu7u3 |
| debian 8 | firefox-esr | 45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 |
| debian 8 | nss | 2:3.26-1+debu8u2 |
| echo | firefox-esr | 45.9.0esr-1 |
| echo | nss | 2:3.26.2-1.1 |
| root.io debian 11 | rootio-nss | 2:3.26.2-1.1 |
| root.io debian 12 | rootio-nss | 2:3.26.2-1.1 |
| root.io debian 13 | rootio-nss | 2:3.26.2-1.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | firefox | 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | nss | 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | thunderbird | 1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | nss | 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | firefox | 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | nss | 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | thunderbird | 1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | nss | 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | firefox | 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | nss | 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | thunderbird | 1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 |
| ubuntu 17.04 | firefox | 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 |
| ubuntu 17.04 | nss | 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 |
| ubuntu 17.04 | thunderbird | 1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98050
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1100
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1101
All 30 references
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1102
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1103
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5461
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344380
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.4_release_notes
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.28.4_release_notes
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.29.5_release_notes
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.30.1_release_notes
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2017-5461.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-1101.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5461
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3260-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3270-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3278-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3372-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5461
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5461
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5461
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/#CVE-2017-5461
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/#CVE-2017-5461
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html