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CVE-2016-1979

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 2.17%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-03-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-1979
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
2.17%
Firefox

Original Filing — NVD Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted key data with DER encoding.