Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-5462

Title: Mozilla Firefox

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-5462.

CWE Category CWE-682
Published Date Jun 11, 2018
Modified Date Nov 25, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.3 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.64%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-5462: 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.

Impacted Vendors

M
mozilla 3

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345089 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04 https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831 https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345089 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04 https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831 https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2017-5462 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.