CVE-2009-2404

Mozilla NSS <3.12.3 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (28)

Core 28
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36139
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36102
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36157
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103B.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11174
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:197
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8658
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:216
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1185.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39428
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36434
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36088
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-43.html
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35891
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1207.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021699.1-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-810-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/810-2/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021030.1-1
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36125
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37098
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-273910-1
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512912
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2085
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1874

Scores

EPSS 0.0415
EPSS Percentile 89.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
mozilla/network_security_services 3.12.3
Published Aug 03, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026