{"id":"MGASA-2017-0118","summary":"Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerability","details":"An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the way NSS performed certain\nBase64-decoding operations. An attacker could use this flaw to create a\nspecially crafted certificate which, when parsed by NSS, could cause it to\ncrash or execute arbitrary code, using the permissions of the user running\nan application compiled against the NSS library (CVE-2017-5461).\n\nMultiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A\nweb page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or,\npotentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user\nrunning Firefox (CVE-2017-5429, CVE-2017-5432, CVE-2017-5433,\nCVE-2017-5434, CVE-2017-5435, CVE-2017-5436, CVE-2017-5437, CVE-2017-5438,\nCVE-2017-5439, CVE-2017-5440, CVE-2017-5441, CVE-2017-5442, CVE-2017-5443,\nCVE-2017-5444, CVE-2017-5445, CVE-2017-5446, CVE-2017-5447, CVE-2017-5448,\nCVE-2017-5459, CVE-2017-5460, CVE-2017-5464, CVE-2017-5465,\nCVE-2017-5469).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:24:35.162955613Z","published":"2017-04-27T22:21:29Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-5429","CVE-2017-5432","CVE-2017-5433","CVE-2017-5434","CVE-2017-5435","CVE-2017-5436","CVE-2017-5437","CVE-2017-5438","CVE-2017-5439","CVE-2017-5440","CVE-2017-5441","CVE-2017-5442","CVE-2017-5443","CVE-2017-5444","CVE-2017-5445","CVE-2017-5446","CVE-2017-5447","CVE-2017-5448","CVE-2017-5459","CVE-2017-5460","CVE-2017-5461","CVE-2017-5464","CVE-2017-5465","CVE-2017-5469"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0118.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20705"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1100.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1106.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"firefox","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/firefox?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"52.1.0-1.1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0118.json"}},{"package":{"name":"firefox-l10n","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/firefox-l10n?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"52.1.0-1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0118.json"}},{"package":{"name":"nspr","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/nspr?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.14-1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0118.json"}},{"package":{"name":"nss","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/nss?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.28.4-1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0118.json"}},{"package":{"name":"rootcerts","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/rootcerts?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20170404.00-1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0118.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}