CVE-2016-1950 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), impacting various products including Mozilla Firefox, Apple, OpenSUSE, and Oracle. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying specially crafted ASN.1 data within an X.509 certificate. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.19.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.20.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 44.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.