FKIE_CVE-2009-2404
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-08-03 14:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:09
Severity
Summary
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.12.3 | |
| aol | instant_messenger | * | |
| gnome | evolution | * | |
| mozilla | firefox | * | |
| mozilla | seamonkey | * | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | * | |
| pidgin | pidgin | * |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:09:22.320",
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