Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) is a library of functions (Network Security Services library) from the Mozilla Foundation in the United States. The product provides cross-platform support for SSL, S/MIME, and other Internet security standards.A security vulnerability exists in verifies certificates in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), which stems from a flaw in the way NSS validates certificates. An attacker could trigger the vulnerability by initiating an SSL TLS connection through a client application compiled with NSS.