Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5462
CVE-2017-5462
Description
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.
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Affected products
103- Range: <3.28.4
<52.1, <45.9+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <52.1, <45.9
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
<52.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <52.1
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
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< 128.5.1-1.1+ 96 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 91.1.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.1+r233831-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.1+r233831-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.1+r233831-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.1+r233831-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.1+r233831-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.1+r233831-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.1+r233831-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.1+r233831-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.1+r233831-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.1+r233831-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.0.121-23.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.0.121-23.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.0.121-23.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.0.121-23.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.0.121-23.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.0.121-23.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.0.121-23.4
- (no CPE)range: < 52-24.3.44
- (no CPE)range: < 52-24.3.44
- (no CPE)range: < 52-24.3.44
- (no CPE)range: < 52-24.3.44
- (no CPE)range: < 52-24.3.44
- (no CPE)range: < 52-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-105.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-105.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-71.2
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-71.2
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-71.2
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-71.2
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-105.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.2.0esr-108.3
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-105.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-105.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-105.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-71.2
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-105.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-105.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-105.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-71.2
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-105.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-105.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-71.2
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-71.2
- (no CPE)range: < 45.9.0esr-71.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.2.0esr-108.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.1-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.29.5-46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.1.0-30.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
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