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CVE-2008-2809 json

Mozilla 1.9 M8 and earlier, Mozilla Firefox 2 before 2.0.0.15, SeaMonkey 1.1.5 and other versions before 1.1.10, Netscape 9.0, and other Mo…

published 2008-07-08 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2802

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mozilla 1.9 M8 and earlier, Mozilla Firefox 2 before 2.0.0.15, SeaMonkey 1.1.5 and other versions before 1.1.10, Netscape 9.0, and other Mozilla-based web browsers, when a user accepts an SSL server certificate on the basis of the CN domain name in the DN field, regard the certificate as also accepted for all domain names in subjectAltName:dNSName fields, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into accepting an invalid certificate for a spoofed web site.

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird RHEL 4 1.5.0.12-14.el4
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 2.0.0.16-1.el5
  • firefox RHEL 5 3.0-2.el5
  • yelp RHEL 5 2.16.0-19.el5
  • devhelp RHEL 5 0.12-17.el5
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 1.9-1.el5
  • xulrunner-devel-unstable RHEL 5 1.9-1.el5
  • firefox RHEL 4 1.5.0.12-0.19.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0616RHSA-2008:0569RHSA-2008:0549RHSA-2008:0547

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-2008-2809 updated

Firefox self signed certificate flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.20.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0547
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 3.0-2.el5, yelp 2.16.0-19.el5, devhelp 0.12-17.el5, xulrunner 1.9-1.el5, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0569
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.17.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.20.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 firefox 1.5.0.12-0.19.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-14.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0547
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 3.0-2.el5, yelp 2.16.0-19.el5, devhelp 0.12-17.el5, xulrunner 1.9-1.el5, thunderbird 2.0.0.16-1.el5, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0616
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 firefox 1.5.0.12-0.19.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-14.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0547
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) devhelp 0.12-17.el5, xulrunner 1.9-1.el5, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0569
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.17.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.20.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 firefox 1.5.0.12-0.19.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-14.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0547
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 2.0.0.16-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0616
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.17.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.20.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.20.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 firefox 1.5.0.12-0.19.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-14.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-16.3.el4_6, +1 more Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.17.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.17.el2, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0547

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Exploit prediction

1.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.