CVE detail
CVE-2016-1950
Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.3 and 3.20.x and 3.21.x before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted ASN.1 data in an X.509 certificate.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
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Evidence
Source links by recency
1 source links · newest first
- Firefox 45 Patches 22 Critical VulnerabilitiesSecurityWeek
Mozilla this week released the stable version of Firefox 45 to resolve 40 vulnerabilities in the browser, 22 of which are rated Critical.
newswww.securityweek.comMar 10, 2016, 1:38 PM
Exploit code
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