Security Advisory

CVE-2016-1978

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2016-03-13 18:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-05 23:17:50
Assigner mozilla
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ssl3_HandleECDHServerKeyExchange function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by making an SSL (1) DHE or (2) ECDHE handshake at a time of high memory consumption.