CVE-2009-3456
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-3456 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2009-09-29 18:00:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Google 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
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Chrome | 0.2.149.27 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 0.2.149.29 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 0.2.149.30 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 0.2.152.1 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 0.2.153.1 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 0.3.154.0 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 0.3.154.3 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 0.4.154.18 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 0.4.154.22 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 0.4.154.31 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 0.4.154.33 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 1.0.154.36 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 1.0.154.39 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 1.0.154.42 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 1.0.154.43 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 1.0.154.46 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 1.0.154.48 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 1.0.154.52 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 1.0.154.53 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 1.0.154.59 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 1.0.154.65 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.156.1 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.157.0 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.157.2 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.158.0 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.159.0 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.169.0 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.169.1 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.170.0 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.172 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.172.2 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.172.27 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.172.28 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.172.30 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.172.31 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.172.33 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.172.37 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.172.38 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 2.0.172.8 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 3.0.182.2 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 3.0.190.2 | All | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | 3.0.193.2 | beta | All | All | |
| Application | Chrome | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.