| Name | CVE-2016-1978 |
| Description | Use-after-free vulnerability in the ssl3_HandleECDHServerKeyExchange function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by making an SSL (1) DHE or (2) ECDHE handshake at a time of high memory consumption. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-480-1, DSA-3688-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| nss (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:3.26-1+debu8u19 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u5 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u8 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2:3.42.1-1+deb10u9 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2:3.42.1-1+deb10u8 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2:3.61-1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:3.61-1+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:3.87.1-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2:3.87.1-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:3.106-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - iceweasel <not-affected> (Only affects Firefox 43.x)
[wheezy] - iceweasel <not-affected> (Only affects Firefox 43.x)
Marked as fixed in 44.0-1 which would be the version fixing
the issue while using the bundled nss version. iceweasel for
unstable though used the system library.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-15/