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CVE-2016-1979
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-03-13T18:59:28.163 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:43:01.320

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted key data with DER encoding.

Affected products

mozilla — firefox

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