CVE-2010-3170

N/A Unknown
Published: October 21, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 recognize a wildcard IP address in the subject's Common Name field of an X.509 certificate, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/41839
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/42867
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100114250
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100120156
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2123
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:210
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-70.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0781.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0782.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1007-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578697
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12254
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/41839
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/42867
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100114250
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100120156
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2123
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:210
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-70.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0781.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0782.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1007-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578697
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12254
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

30 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.1%
61th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-310

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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