CVE-2019-17006 Memory corruption in NSS
Missing length checks in NSS cryptographic primitives allow attackers to cause a crash via buffer overflow if the calling application lacks input validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-17006?
CVE-2019-17006 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Network Security Services, published on 22 Oct 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.46, several cryptographic primitives had missing length checks. In cases where the application calling the library did not perform a sanity check on the inputs it could result in a crash due to a buffer overflow.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17006?
It affects 13 products.
Products include Mozilla Network Security Services, Netapp Hci Compute Node, Netapp Hci Management Node, Netapp Hci Storage Node, Netapp Solidfire, Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000 Firmware and 7 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-17006?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2019-17006 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17006 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Network Security Services
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17006, DLA-2058-1, GHSA-h4cr-x49j-2r7w, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17006, USN-4231-1.