CVE-2004-0758 json
Mozilla 1.5 through 1.7 allows a CA certificate to be imported even when their DN is the same as that of the built-in CA root certificate,…
published 2004-08-03 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0756
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 3.1%
- EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Mozilla 1.5 through 1.7 allows a CA certificate to be imported even when their DN is the same as that of the built-in CA root certificate, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service to SSL pages because the malicious certificate is treated as invalid.
Patch / fix
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2004-0758 updated
security flaw
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
3.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
References
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bugzilla.mozilla.org
/show_bug.cgi?id=249004
patch, vendor-advisory
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novell.com
/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
vendor-advisory
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redhat.com
/support/errata/RHSA-2004-421.html
vendor-advisory
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gentoo.org
/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-22.xml
vendor-advisory
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marc.info
/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2
vendor-advisory
- mozilla.org /projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
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oval.cisecurity.org
/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3134
vdb-entry, signature
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securityfocus.com
/bid/15495
vdb-entry
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/16706
vdb-entry
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oval.cisecurity.org
/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10304
vdb-entry, signature
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kb.cert.org
/vuls/id/784278
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
- bugzilla.redhat.com /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=127186
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2004-0758
- NVD CVE-2004-0758
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