National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0441

Overview

The ASN.1 decoder in the QuickDER decoder in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.13.4, as used in Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a zero-length item, as demonstrated by (1) a zero-length basic constraint or (2) a zero-length field in an OCSP response.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=715073

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=715073

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1540-2

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1540-2

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1540-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1540-1

External Source: BID

Name: 53798

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53798

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-39.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-39.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 50316

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/50316