CVE-2009-2825

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Certificate Assistant in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-310

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 10, 2009
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2009-2825: Medium severity, CVSS 4.3 | Vulnix