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GHSA-G2HF-9HJX-2RXJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-19 12:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:31

Details

NSS was susceptible to a timing side-channel attack when performing RSA decryption. This attack could potentially allow an attacker to recover the private data. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124, Firefox ESR < 115.9, and Thunderbird < 115.9.

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

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CVE-2023-5388 (GCVE-0-2023-5388)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-19 12:02 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:21

Summary

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CWE

NSS susceptible to timing attack against RSA decryption

Assigner

mozilla

References

URL

Tags

	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1780432
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Mozilla

Firefox

Affected: unspecified , < 124 (custom)

	Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Affected: unspecified , < 115.9 (custom)
	Mozilla	Thunderbird	Affected: unspecified , < 115.9 (custom)

Credits

Hubert Kario

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