CVE-2016-2834 Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.23, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of se

What is CVE-2016-2834?

CVE-2016-2834 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 13 Jun 2016.

Official description

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.23, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2834?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Network Security Services, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2834?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-2834 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2834 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2834, DLA-527-1, GHSA-x44r-c6cw-9c9w, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2834, USN-3029-1.