suse · CVE-2016-1978

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Priority: high Published: 2021-05-30 13:38:55 UTC Updated: 2026-04-18 18:00:20 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2016-1978 severity important: SUSE including 128 source package names (MozillaFirefox-38.7.0esr-36.3, MozillaFirefox-38.7.0esr-37.3, …), 415 product×package rows across 51 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand, … (51 product lines)): Fixed 415.

Description:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ssl3_HandleECDHServerKeyExchange function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by making an SSL (1) DHE or (2) ECDHE handshake at a time of high memory consumption.

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