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High USN-5506-1 2 CVEs

nss vulnerabilities

Published Jul 7, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Tavis Ormandy discovered that NSS incorrectly handled an empty pkcs7
sequence. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NSS to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2022-22747)

Ronald Crane discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2022-34480)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS nss 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.15
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS nss 2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.8
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS nss 2:3.68.2-0ubuntu1.1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22747
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-34480