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ALPINE-CVE-2017-5461 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.4, 3.22.x through 3.28.x before 3.28.4, 3.29.x before 3.29.5, and 3.30.x before 3.30.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging incorrect base64 operations.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

9.800000190734863

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.3	nss	0, 3.12.10-r6, 3.12.11-r1
Alpine:v3.4	nss	0, 3.12.10-r6, 3.12.11-r1

Timeline

May 11, 2017 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-5461 advisory

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