Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2017-11697

The __hash_open function in hash.c:229 in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and crash) via a crafted cert8.db file.

Published

2017-12-27T19:29:00.613

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	network_security_services	-	Yes

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143735/NSS-Buffer-Overflows-Floating-Point-Exception.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/17 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.geeknik.net/9brdqk6xu Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100345 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039153 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-37 ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143735/NSS-Buffer-Overflows-Floating-Point-Exception.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/17 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.geeknik.net/9brdqk6xu Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100345 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039153 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-37 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)