A vulnerability found in nss.
Priority MEDIUM 41Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A vulnerability found in nss. By this security vulnerability, nss client auth crash without a user certificate in the database and this can lead us to a segmentation fault or crash.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00956 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nss | 3.81 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- nss Vendor— Affected 3.81 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-3479
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6275-5f4x-m3m3
References
More Mozilla Network Security Services vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-03381 The TLS protocol 1.2 and earlier, when a DHE_EXPORT ciphersuite is enabled on a server… CVSS 3.1LOW 3.7
- TI-2007-00009 Stack-based buffer overflow in the SSLv2 support in Mozilla Network Security Services… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2018-08903 A cached side channel attack during handshakes using RSA encryption could allow for the… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2015-05957 Heap-based buffer overflow in the ASN.1 decoder in Mozilla Network Security Services… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2004-00763 Heap-based buffer overflow in Netscape Network Security Services (NSS) library allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2014-01197 Use-after-free vulnerability in the CERT_DestroyCertificate function in libnss3.so in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2022-3479 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-3479 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6275-5f4x-m3m3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-3479 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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