CVE-2017-7805
nss: Potential use-after-free in TLS 1.2 server when verifying client authentication
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · September 28, 2017
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the TLS 1.2 implementation in the NSS library when client authentication was used. A malicious client could use this flaw to cause an application compiled against NSS to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running the application.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-416 · Use After Free