DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2404

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2404
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2404.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2404
Upstream
Published
2009-08-03T14:30:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:10:55.555817Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nss?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.12.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nss?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.12.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nss?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.12.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nss?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.12.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}