CVE-2016-1938 (GCVE-0-2016-1938)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-31 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:10
VLAI?
Summary
The s_mp_div function in lib/freebl/mpi/mpi.c in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0, improperly divides numbers, which might make it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging use of the (1) mp_div or (2) mp_exptmod function.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81955 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-adviso… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2903-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2903-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://github.com/hannob/bignum-fuzz/blob/master… x_refsource_MISC
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/… x_refsource_MISC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfs… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/37-Mozilla-NSS-W… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194947 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1190248 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/diff/a555bf0f… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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