CVE-2015-2721
NSS: incorrectly permited skipping of ServerKeyExchange (MFSA 2015-71)
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Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · July 2, 2015
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
It was found that NSS permitted skipping of the ServerKeyExchange packet during a handshake involving ECDHE (Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman key Exchange). A remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass the forward-secrecy of a TLS/SSL connection.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-358 · Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard