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CVE-2022-3479

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202212-05

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

A vulnerability found in nss. By this security vulnerability, nss client auth crash without a user certificate in the database and this can lead us to a segmentation fault or crash.

Una vulnerabilidad encontrada en nss. Por esta vulnerabilidad de seguridad, el cliente nss es bloqueado sin un certificado de usuario en la base de datos y esto puede conllevar a un fallo de segmentación o un bloqueo

It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled client authentication without a user certificate in the database. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a NSS client to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. Christian Holler discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain PKCS 12 certificated bundles. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Attend
Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2022-10-13 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-10-14 CVE Published
  • 2024-11-20 CVE Updated
  • 2025-08-10 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Mozilla
Search vendor "Mozilla"
 Network Security Services
Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Network Security Services"
 >= 3.77 < 3.87
Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Network Security Services" and version " >= 3.77 < 3.87"
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Affected