01 Record

CVE-2009-2404

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 4.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 90.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2009-08-03 14:00Z17 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 05:52Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2009-07-09

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

22e9702ed3f8501fc62e6d778c1c39bfce8132b2d7f3ed9697068f8c9d86fcf8

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

aolinstant_messengerNot specified—

gnomeevolutionNot specified—

mozillafirefoxNot specified—

mozillanetwork_security_servicesNot specified—

mozillaseamonkeyNot specified—

mozillathunderbirdNot specified—

pidginpidginNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatrhel_eusNot specified—

06 References

www.blackhat.comhttp://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/MARLINSPIKE/BHUSA09-Marlinspike-DefeatSSL-SLIDES.pdfx_refsource_MISC
secunia.com36139http://secunia.com/advisories/36139third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com36102http://secunia.com/advisories/36102third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com36157http://secunia.com/advisories/36157third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.us-cert.govTA10-103Bhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103B.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11174https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11174vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:197http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:197vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:8658https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8658vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2009:048http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:216http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:216vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1185http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1185.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
secunia.com39428http://secunia.com/advisories/39428third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com36434http://secunia.com/advisories/36434third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com36088http://secunia.com/advisories/36088third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-43.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com35891http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35891vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1207http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1207.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
sunsolve.sun.com1021699http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021699.1-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
www.ubuntu.comUSN-810-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-810-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2010-099504.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
usn.ubuntu.comUSN-810-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/810-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
sunsolve.sun.com1021030http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021030.1-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
secunia.com36125http://secunia.com/advisories/36125third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com37098http://secunia.com/advisories/37098third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
sunsolve.sun.com273910http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-273910-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512912x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.vupen.comADV-2009-2085http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2085vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.debian.orgDSA-1874http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1874vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

nss
Fixed in 3.12.3-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

nss
Fixed in 3.12.3-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

nss
Fixed in 3.12.3-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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