VDB
CVE-2017-5462
CVE-2017-5462
PUBLISHED
A flaw in DRBG number generation within the Network Security Services (NSS) library where the internal state V does not correctly carry bits over. The NSS library has been updated to fix this issue to address this issue and Firefox ESR 52.1 has been updated with NSS version 3.28.4. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.
EPSS 1.07% · 78.1th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
1.07%
78.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | nss | 2:3.15.3.1-1.1ubuntu1, 2:3.15.4-1ubuntu3, 2:3.15.4-1ubuntu4 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:24.2.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 1:24.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | 52.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 24.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | *, 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | nss | *, *, 2:3.23-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
Timeline
- Apr 20, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5462 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5462 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3260-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3278-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5462 third-party-advisory