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CVE-2009-2408

5.9
MEDIUMCVSS v3.1 Base Score
5.74%
LOW RiskEPSS (92nd percentile)

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.12.3, Firefox before 3.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.23, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.18 do 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. NOTE: this was originally reported for Firefox before 3.5.

Published: 7/30/2009
Modified: 6/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2 Score

6.8

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

5.74%LOW Exploitation Risk
92nd percentile

This vulnerability has a 5.74% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

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