cve/2009/CVE-2009-2404.md

### [CVE-2009-2404](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2404)
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### Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in a regular-expression parser in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.12.3, as used in Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Evolution, Pidgin, and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), allows remote SSL servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, related to the cert_TestHostName function.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2010-099504.html

#### Github
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