CVE-2017-7502

nss: Null pointer dereference when handling empty SSLv2 messages

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 30, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the way NSS handled empty SSLv2 messages. An attacker could use this flaw to crash a server application compiled against the NSS library.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference