NSS tstclnt memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in NSS. Affected is an unknown function of the component tstclnt. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-3479. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NSS (affected version not known). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component tstclnt. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability found in nss. By this security vulnerability, nss client auth crash without a user certificate in the database and this can lead us to a segmentation fault or crash.

The weakness was presented 10/15/2022. The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-3479 since 10/13/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 239818 (TencentOS Server 4: nss (TSSA-2024:0636)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (239818). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 239818
Nessus Name: TencentOS Server 4: nss (TSSA-2024:0636)

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/13/2022 🔍
10/14/2022 +1 days 🔍
10/15/2022 +0 days 🔍
06/20/2025 +979 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-3479 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-3479
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210968

Entryinfo

Created: 10/15/2022 00:34
Updated: 06/20/2025 04:27
Changes: 10/15/2022 00:34 (36), 11/08/2022 17:00 (11), 06/20/2025 04:27 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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