Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-8635 · published 1 August 2018
CVE-2016-8635: Mozilla network security services vulnerability
Mozilla · Network Security Services
It was found that Diffie Hellman Client key exchange handling in NSS 3.21.x was vulnerable to small subgroup confinement attack. An attacker could use this flaw to recover private keys by confining the client DH key to small subgroup of the desired group.
Description
It was found that Diffie Hellman Client key exchange handling in NSS 3.21.x was vulnerable to small subgroup confinement attack. An attacker could use this flaw to recover private keys by confining the client DH key to small subgroup of the desired group.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
7 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2779.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94346 | Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8635 | Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2779.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94346 | Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8635 | Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46 | Third Party Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-8635), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.
