`CVE-2021-43527` Mozilla NSS

Affected software	Mozilla NSS
Severity	9.8 Critical CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Weakness	Out-of-bounds write (CWE-787)
Published	8 Dec 2021
Updated	17 Jun 2026

Description

NSS (Network Security Services) versions prior to 3.73 or 3.68.1 ESR are vulnerable to a heap overflow when handling DER-encoded DSA or RSA-PSS signatures. Applications using NSS for handling signatures encoded within CMS, S/MIME, PKCS \#7, or PKCS \#12 are likely to be impacted. Applications using NSS for certificate validation or other TLS, X.509, OCSP or CRL functionality may be impacted, depending on how they configure NSS. *Note: This vulnerability does NOT impact Mozilla Firefox.* However, email clients and PDF viewers that use NSS for signature verification, such as Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Evolution and Evince are believed to be impacted. This vulnerability affects NSS < 3.73 and NSS < 3.68.1.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 4 years ago.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 18% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

Protection none
Action not pursued none
Review human Researcher
Record active

Decided by	Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding	A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

Decided by

Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

Finding

A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

9.8 CRITICAL v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published

CVSS 2.0 7.5 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	9.8	CRITICAL	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`	NVD	Primary	published
CVSS 2.0	7.5	none	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`	NVD	Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2024 ↗	CPU	2024-Q1	Oracle Systems / XCP Firmware (NSS) (Prior to XCP2430, prior to XCP3130, prior to XCP4040)
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2022 ↗	CPU	2022-Q4	Oracle Communications / Platform (NSS) (12.4.0) Oracle Communications Applications / Security (NSS) (8.1) Oracle JD Edwards / Enterprise Infrastructure SEC (NSS) (9.2.6.3 and prior)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2022 ↗	CPU	2022-Q2	Oracle Communications / BSF (NSS) (1.11.0) Oracle Communications / CMP (NSS) (12.6.0.0.0) Oracle Communications / NSSF (NSS) (1.8.0) Oracle Communications / OCNRF (NSS) (1.15.0, 1.15.1)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2024 ↗

CPU

2024-Q1

Oracle Systems / XCP Firmware (NSS) (Prior to XCP2430, prior to XCP3130, prior to XCP4040)

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2022 ↗

CPU

2022-Q4

Oracle Communications / Platform (NSS) (12.4.0)
Oracle Communications Applications / Security (NSS) (8.1)
Oracle JD Edwards / Enterprise Infrastructure SEC (NSS) (9.2.6.3 and prior)

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2022 ↗

CPU

2022-Q2

Oracle Communications / BSF (NSS) (1.11.0)
Oracle Communications / CMP (NSS) (12.6.0.0.0)
Oracle Communications / NSSF (NSS) (1.8.0)
Oracle Communications / OCNRF (NSS) (1.15.0, 1.15.1)

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Communications	BSF (NSS)	1.11.0	1.11.0
Oracle Communications	CMP (NSS)	12.6.0.0.0	12.6.0.0.0
Oracle Communications	NSSF (NSS)	1.8.0	1.8.0
Oracle Communications	OCNRF (NSS)	1.15.0, 1.15.1	1.15.0 · 1.15.1
Oracle Communications	Platform (NSS)	12.4.0	12.4.0
Oracle Communications Applications	Security (NSS)	8.1	8.1
Oracle JD Edwards	Enterprise Infrastructure SEC (NSS)	9.2.6.3 and prior
Oracle Systems	XCP Firmware (NSS)	Prior to XCP2430, prior to XCP3130, prior to XCP4040

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Communications

BSF (NSS)

1.11.0

Oracle Communications

CMP (NSS)

12.6.0.0.0

Oracle Communications

NSSF (NSS)

1.8.0

Oracle Communications

OCNRF (NSS)

1.15.0, 1.15.1

1.15.0 · 1.15.1

Oracle Communications

Platform (NSS)

12.4.0

Oracle Communications Applications

Security (NSS)

8.1

Oracle JD Edwards

Enterprise Infrastructure SEC (NSS)

9.2.6.3 and prior

Oracle Systems

XCP Firmware (NSS)

Prior to XCP2430, prior to XCP3130, prior to XCP4040

Products and versions

10 products, 11 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	mozilla	nss	generic	＜ 3.73
nvd	mozilla	nss esr	generic	＜ 3.68.1
nvd	netapp	cloud backup	generic	any version
nvd	netapp	e-series santricity os controller	generic	≥ 11.0 and ≤ 11.70.1
nvd	oracle	communications cloud native core binding support function	generic	1.11.0
nvd	oracle	communications cloud native core network repository function	generic	1.15.0 · 1.15.1
nvd	oracle	communications cloud native core network slice selection function	generic	1.8.0
nvd	oracle	communications policy management	generic	12.6.0.0.0
nvd	starwindsoftware	starwind san \& nas	generic	v8r13
nvd	starwindsoftware	starwind virtual san	generic	v8r13:14398

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

mozilla

nss

generic

＜ 3.73

nvd

mozilla

nss esr

generic

＜ 3.68.1

nvd

netapp

cloud backup

generic

any version

nvd

netapp

e-series santricity os controller

generic

≥ 11.0 and ≤ 11.70.1

nvd

oracle

communications cloud native core binding support function

generic

1.11.0

nvd

oracle

communications cloud native core network repository function

generic

1.15.0 · 1.15.1

nvd

oracle

communications cloud native core network slice selection function

generic

1.8.0

nvd

oracle

communications policy management

generic

12.6.0.0.0

nvd

starwindsoftware

starwind san \& nas

generic

v8r13

nvd

starwindsoftware

starwind virtual san

generic

v8r13:14398

References

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1737470	Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-594438.pdf	Third Party Advisory
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_68_1_RTM/	Vendor Advisory
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_73_RTM/	Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-05	Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211229-0002/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-51/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html	Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20220802-0001/	Third Party Advisory

URL

Timeline

Published	2021-12-08	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2021-12-08

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (5 of 24 rules ran)

5 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification decided it matched Outside Waratek scope Found in legacy manual classifications

6 non-java-upstream not reached A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component not reached The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side not reached Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven not reached An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint not reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven not reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable not reached An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit not reached Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match not reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc not reached Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold not reached Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published not reached Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

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