CVE-2013-5606

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The CERT_VerifyCert function in lib/certhigh/certvfy.c in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.15 before 3.15.3 provides an unexpected return value for an incompatible key-usage certificate when the CERTVerifyLog argument is valid, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted certificate.

Affected products

Mozilla Network Security Services: 3.15, 3.15.1, 3.15.2

References

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00080.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1791.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1829.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0041.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-19.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2994
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-103.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html

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