VDB

CVE-2009-3044

CVE-2009-3044 PUBLISHED

Reported by mitre · Published September 2, 2009

Opera before 10.00 does not properly handle a (1) '\0' character or (2) invalid wildcard 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.

Affected products

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Timeline

  • Sep 2, 2009 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Apr 8, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Apr 23, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Nov 4, 2026 Coalition ESS Score

Query this with the API

The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln CVE-2009-3044
vulnetix vdb fixes CVE-2009-3044

Or with curl, using the org id and key from your account page:

curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/CVE-2009-3044/fixes/registry"

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References

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