CVE-2016-2834 json
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.23, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of s…
published 2016-06-13 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-3907
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.0, 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 3.23, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Patch / fix
- nss Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:3.23-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2834
- nss Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2:3.23-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nss Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2:3.23-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- thunderbird Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
- thunderbird Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2834
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- nss RHEL 5 3.21.3-2.el5_11
- nss RHEL 6 3.21.3-2.el6_8
- nss RHEL 7 3.21.3-2.el7_3
- nss-util RHEL 6 3.21.3-1.el6_8
- nss-util RHEL 7 3.21.3-1.1.el7_3
- nss-tools RHEL 5 3.21.3-2.el5_11
- nss-tools RHEL 6 3.21.3-2.el6_8
- nss-tools RHEL 7 3.21.3-2.el7_3
red hat advisories RHSA-2016:2779
- java-1_8_0-openjdk SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +4 more 1.8.0.121-23.4
- mozilla-nss SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12 +8 more 3.29.5-57.1
- mozilla-nspr SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12 +8 more 4.13.1-18.1
- MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12 +8 more 45.9.0esr-105.1
- mozilla-nspr SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +6 more 4.13.1-32.1
- mozilla-nss SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +6 more 3.29.5-46.1
- MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +6 more 45.9.0esr-71.2
- mozilla-nss SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +6 more 3.21.1-35.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:1248-1SUSE-SU-2017:1175-1SUSE-SU-2016:2061-1SUSE-SU-2016:1799-1SUSE-SU-2016:1691-1
- firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
- MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1
- mozilla-nss openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.26.2-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10451-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2016-2834 updated cvss 5.1
nss: Multiple security flaws (MFSA 2016-61)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) nss 3.21.3-2.el5_11, nss-tools 3.21.3-2.el5_11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) nss 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-tools 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-util 3.21.3-1.1.el7_3, nss-sysinit 3.21.3-2.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) nss-devel 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-debuginfo 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-pkcs11-devel 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-util-devel 3.21.3-1.1.el7_3, nss-util-debuginfo 3.21.3-1.1.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) nss 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-tools 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-util 3.21.3-1.1.el7_3, nss-sysinit 3.21.3-2.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) nss-devel 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-debuginfo 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-pkcs11-devel 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-util-devel 3.21.3-1.1.el7_3, nss-util-debuginfo 3.21.3-1.1.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) nss 3.21.3-2.el5_11, nss-tools 3.21.3-2.el5_11fixed: vendor fix “Do not use NSS to parse untrusted certificates.” RHSA-2016:2779
+13 more productsfewer
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) nss 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-util 3.21.3-1.el6_8, nss-tools 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-sysinit 3.21.3-2.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) nss-devel 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-debuginfo 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-util-devel 3.21.3-1.el6_8, nss-pkcs11-devel 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-util-debuginfo 3.21.3-1.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) nss 3.21.3-2.el5_11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) nss 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-util 3.21.3-1.el6_8, nss-tools 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-sysinit 3.21.3-2.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) nss-devel 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-debuginfo 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-util-devel 3.21.3-1.el6_8, nss-pkcs11-devel 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-util-debuginfo 3.21.3-1.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) nss 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-util 3.21.3-1.el6_8, nss-tools 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-sysinit 3.21.3-2.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) nss 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-tools 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-util 3.21.3-1.1.el7_3, nss-sysinit 3.21.3-2.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) nss-debuginfo 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-pkcs11-devel 3.21.3-2.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) nss-debuginfo 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-pkcs11-devel 3.21.3-2.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) nss 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-util 3.21.3-1.el6_8, nss-tools 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-sysinit 3.21.3-2.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) nss 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-tools 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-util 3.21.3-1.1.el7_3, nss-sysinit 3.21.3-2.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) nss-debuginfo 3.21.3-2.el6_8, nss-pkcs11-devel 3.21.3-2.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) nss-debuginfo 3.21.3-2.el7_3, nss-pkcs11-devel 3.21.3-2.el7_3
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Exploit prediction
3.38% 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 | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
References
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debian.org
/security/2016/dsa-3688
vendor-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html
vendor-advisory
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rhn.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2016-2779.html
vendor-advisory
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ubuntu.com
/usn/USN-3029-1
vendor-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html
vendor-advisory
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ubuntu.com
/usn/USN-2993-1
vendor-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html
vendor-advisory
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mozilla.org
/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-61.html
vendor-advisory
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securitytracker.com
/id/1036057
vdb-entry
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bugzilla.mozilla.org
/show_bug.cgi?id=1241034
issue-tracking
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bugzilla.mozilla.org
/show_bug.cgi?id=1221620
issue-tracking
- oracle.com /technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- developer.mozilla.org /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.23_release_notes
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bugzilla.mozilla.org
/show_bug.cgi?id=1206283
issue-tracking
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securityfocus.com
/bid/91072
vdb-entry
- oracle.com /technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
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bugzilla.mozilla.org
/show_bug.cgi?id=1241037
issue-tracking
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2016-2834
- NVD CVE-2016-2834
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