CVE-2009-2404

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    CVE-2009-2404

    Published: 3 Aug 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in a regular-expression parser in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.12.3, as used in Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Evolution, Pidgin, and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), allows remote SSL servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, related to the cert_TestHostName function.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1185.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/36088, http://secunia.com/advisories/36102, http://secunia.com/advisories/36125, http://secunia.com/advisories/36139, http://secunia.com/advisories/36157, http://secunia.com/advisories/36434, http://secunia.com/advisories/37098, http://secunia.com/advisories/39428, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1874, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:197, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:216, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-43.html, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-810-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2085, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-43.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35891, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2085, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512912, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-273910-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021030.1-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021699.1-1, http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/MARLINSPIKE/BHUSA09-Marlinspike-DefeatSSL-SLIDES.pdf, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2010-099504.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1207.html, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103B.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11174, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8658, https://usn.ubuntu.com/810-2/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High