CVE-2009-2404 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Network Security Services
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
21.0%
top 4.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 3
Latest updateMay 2
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.
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0
Affected Packages2 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-9w79-fpqx-hcfm: Heap-based buffer overflow in a regular-expression parser in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3↗2022-05-02
OSV▶
CVE-2009-2404: Heap-based buffer overflow in a regular-expression parser in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3↗2009-08-03
CVEList▶
CVE-2009-2404: Heap-based buffer overflow in a regular-expression parser in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3↗2009-08-03