CVE-2009-2404

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Network Security Services
PublishedAug 3, 2009
First seenAug 3, 2009

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla network_security_services3.12.3—

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