CVE-2016-1978
nss: Use-after-free in NSS during SSL connections in low memory (MFSA 2016-15)
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · March 8, 2016
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the way NSS handled DHE (Diffie–Hellman key exchange) and ECDHE (Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman key exchange) handshake messages. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted handshake message that, when parsed by an application linked against NSS, would cause that application to crash or, under certain special conditions, execute arbitrary code using the permissions of the user running the application.
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 not specified