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CVE-2013-1739 json

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.2 does not ensure that data structures are initialized before read operations, which al…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-1766

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.2 does not ensure that data structures are initialized before read operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger a decryption failure.

Patch / fix

  • nss Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:3.15.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1739

  • nss-util RHEL 6 3.15.3-1.el6_5
  • nss RHEL 6 3.15.3-2.el6_5
  • nspr RHEL 6 4.10.2-1.el6_5
  • nss-tools RHEL 6 3.15.3-2.el6_5
  • nss-sysinit RHEL 6 3.15.3-2.el6_5
  • nss RHEL 5 3.15.3-3.el5_10
  • nspr RHEL 5 4.10.2-2.el5_10
  • nss-tools RHEL 5 3.15.3-3.el5_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1829RHSA-2013:1791

  • mozilla-nss openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.26.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10451-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-1739 updated cvss 4.3

nss: Avoid uninitialized data read in the event of a decryption failure

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) nss 3.15.3-3.el5_10, nspr 4.10.2-2.el5_10, nss-tools 3.15.3-3.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) nss 3.15.3-3.el5_10, nspr 4.10.2-2.el5_10, nss-tools 3.15.3-3.el5_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1791
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nspr 4.10.2-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.15.3-1.el6_5, nss-tools 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nss-sysinit 3.15.3-2.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nspr 4.10.2-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.15.3-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1829
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) nss 3.15.3-3.el5_10, nspr 4.10.2-2.el5_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1791
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nspr 4.10.2-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.15.3-1.el6_5, nss-tools 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nss-sysinit 3.15.3-2.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nspr 4.10.2-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.15.3-1.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nspr 4.10.2-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.15.3-1.el6_5, nss-tools 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nss-sysinit 3.15.3-2.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nspr 4.10.2-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.15.3-1.el6_5, nss-tools 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nss-sysinit 3.15.3-2.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1829
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 nss, nss-tools, nss-sysinit
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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