{"id":"USN-2924-1","summary":"nss vulnerability","details":"Francis Gabriel discovered that NSS incorrectly handled decoding certain\nASN.1 data. An remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:23:10.517439Z","published":"2016-03-09T15:55:46Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1950"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-1950","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1950"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2924-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1950"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nss","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.2"}]}],"versions":["2:3.15.1-1ubuntu1","2:3.15.2-1","2:3.15.3-1","2:3.15.3.1-1","2:3.15.3.1-1.1","2:3.15.3.1-1.1ubuntu1","2:3.15.4-1ubuntu3","2:3.15.4-1ubuntu4","2:3.15.4-1ubuntu5","2:3.15.4-1ubuntu6","2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7","2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7.1","2:3.17-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","2:3.17.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","2:3.19.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libnss3","binary_version":"2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.2"},{"binary_name":"libnss3-1d","binary_version":"2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.2"},{"binary_name":"libnss3-nssdb","binary_version":"2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.2"},{"binary_name":"libnss3-tools","binary_version":"2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.2"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-1950","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2924-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}