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Use After Free Affecting nss-tools package, versions <0:3.15.4-7.el7_0

critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 10.63% (95th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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Red Hat
6.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-NSSTOOLS-2034523
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 22 Jul 2014
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Introduced: 22 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-1544 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 nss-tools to version 0:3.15.4-7.el7_0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss-tools package and not the nss-tools package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CERT_DestroyCertificate function in libnss3.so in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.x, as used in Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger certain improper removal of an NSSCertificate structure from a trust domain.