Heap-based buffer overflow in a regular-expression parser in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.12.3, as used in Firefox,…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.2% · top 9.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (28)

• http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/MARLINSPIKE/BHUSA09-Marlinspike-DefeatSSL-SLIDES.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 36139 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 36102 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 36157 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• TA10-103B (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11174 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:197 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8658 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:048 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:216 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1185 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 39428 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 36434 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 36088 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-43.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35891 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1207 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 1021699 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• USN-810-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2010-099504.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-810-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 1021030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 36125 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 37098 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 273910 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512912 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2009-2085 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• DSA-1874 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:52 UTC.