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CVE-2009-3273
iPhone Mail in Apple iPhone OS, and iPhone OS for iPod touch, does not validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle…
High7.5EPSS 0.93%
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- mitre
Description
iPhone Mail in Apple iPhone OS, and iPhone OS for iPod touch, does not validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL e-mail servers via a crafted certificate.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.93% · top 39% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- ipod-iphone-ssl-spoofing(53234) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 36370 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20090911 iphone email client does not validate ssl certificates (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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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