CVE-2009-3456

Summary

CVECVE-2009-3456
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-09-29 18:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionGoogle Chrome, possibly 3.0.195.21 and earlier, 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 allows 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. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 All All All
Application Google Chrome 0.2.149.29 All All All
Application Google Chrome 0.2.149.30 All All All
Application Google Chrome 0.2.152.1 All All All
Application Google Chrome 0.2.153.1 All All All
Application Google Chrome 0.3.154.0 All All All
Application Google Chrome 0.3.154.3 All All All
Application Google Chrome 0.4.154.18 All All All
Application Google Chrome 0.4.154.22 All All All
Application Google Chrome 0.4.154.31 All All All
Application Google Chrome 0.4.154.33 All All All
Application Google Chrome 1.0.154.36 All All All
Application Google Chrome 1.0.154.39 All All All
Application Google Chrome 1.0.154.42 All All All
Application Google Chrome 1.0.154.43 All All All
Application Google Chrome 1.0.154.46 All All All
Application Google Chrome 1.0.154.48 All All All
Application Google Chrome 1.0.154.52 All All All
Application Google Chrome 1.0.154.53 All All All
Application Google Chrome 1.0.154.59 All All All
Application Google Chrome 1.0.154.65 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.156.1 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.157.0 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.157.2 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.158.0 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.159.0 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.169.0 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.169.1 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.170.0 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.172 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.172.2 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.172.27 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.172.28 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.172.30 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.172.31 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.172.33 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.172.37 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.172.38 All All All
Application Google Chrome 2.0.172.8 All All All
Application Google Chrome 3.0.182.2 All All All
Application Google Chrome 3.0.190.2 All All All
Application Google Chrome 3.0.193.2 beta All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Google Chrome NULL Character CA SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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