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CVE-2016-1950 Detail

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.3 and 3.20.x and 3.21.x before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted ASN.1 data in an X.509 certificate.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Mailing List 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Mailing List 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Mailing List 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0495.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3520 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-35.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Vendor Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84223 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2924-1 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2934-1 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa119 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245528 CVE, Mozilla Corporation Issue Tracking 
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19.2.3_release_notes CVE, Mozilla Corporation Release Notes 
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.1_release_notes CVE, Mozilla Corporation Release Notes 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
https://support.apple.com/HT206166 CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206167 CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206168 CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206169 CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-1950
NVD Published Date:
03/13/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Mozilla Corporation