Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 3, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-2404
CVE-2009-2404
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <3.12.3
Patches
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References
28- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-43.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35891nvdPatch
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2085nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/36088nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/36102nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/36125nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/36139nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/36157nvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103B.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1185.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/36434nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/37098nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/39428nvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/MARLINSPIKE/BHUSA09-Marlinspike-DefeatSSL-SLIDES.pdfnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1874nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2010-099504.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1207.htmlnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-810-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11174nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8658nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/810-2/nvd
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