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CVE-2009-2408

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.9 Published: 2009-07-30 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.12.3, Firefox before 3.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.23, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.18 do not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority. NOTE: this was originally reported for Firefox before 3.5.

Affected Platforms

Canonical Ubuntu LinuxMozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyDebian Debian LinuxMozilla ThunderbirdOpensuse OpensuseMozilla Network Security ServicesSuse Linux EnterpriseSuse Linux Enterprise Server

Weakness Type

CWE-295

References