| Name | CVE-2016-1979 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-472-1, DLA-480-1, DSA-3576-1, DSA-3688-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox (PTS) | sid | 131.0-1 | fixed |
| firefox-esr (PTS) | bullseye | 115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 115.15.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 115.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 128.3.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 115.15.0esr-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 128.3.0esr-1 | fixed | |
| nss (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:3.61-1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:3.87.1-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2:3.103-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 2:3.105-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firefox | source | (unstable) | 45.0-1 | |||
| firefox-esr | source | (unstable) | 45.0esr-1 | |||
| icedove | source | wheezy | 38.8.0-1~deb7u1 | DLA-472-1 | ||
| icedove | source | jessie | 38.8.0-1~deb8u1 | DSA-3576-1 | ||
| icedove | source | (unstable) | 38.8.0-1 | |||
| iceweasel | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| iceweasel | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| iceweasel | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| nss | source | wheezy | 2:3.14.5-1+deb7u6 | DLA-480-1 | ||
| nss | source | jessie | 2:3.26-1+debu8u1 | DSA-3688-1 | ||
| nss | source | (unstable) | 2:3.21-1 |
[jessie] - iceweasel <not-affected> (Only affects Firefox 44.x)
[wheezy] - iceweasel <not-affected> (Only affects Firefox 44.x)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-36/