Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 23, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2009-3765
CVE-2009-3765
Description
mutt_ssl.c in mutt 1.5.19 and 1.5.20, when OpenSSL is used, does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.
Affected products
2Patches
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