CVE-2004-0765: The cert_TestHostName function in Mozilla before 1.7, Firefox before 0.9, and Thunderbird before 0.7, only checks the hostname portion of a certificate when…

PriorityP422high7.5CVSS 2.0

AVNACLAuNCPIPAP

EPSS

1.03%

60.5th percentile

The cert_TestHostName function in Mozilla before 1.7, Firefox before 0.9, and Thunderbird before 0.7, only checks the hostname portion of a certificate when the hostname portion of the URI is not a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), which allows remote attackers to spoof trusted certificates.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
mozilla	firefox	<= 0.9	—
mozilla	mozilla	<= 1.7	—
mozilla	thunderbird	<= 0.7	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

vendor_redhat7.5HIGH

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