CVE-2003-0355 — Safari 1.0 Beta 2 (v73) and earlier does not validate the Common Name (CN) field for X.509 Certificates, which could allow remote attackers to spoof certificates

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MEDIUM

Safari 1.0 Beta 2 (v73) and earlier does not validate the Common Name (CN) field for X.509 Certificates, which could allow remote attackers to spoof certificates

Published May 30, 2003

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.77%

Description

Safari 1.0 Beta 2 (v73) and earlier does not validate the Common Name (CN) field for X.509 Certificates, which could allow remote attackers to spoof certificates.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.77% 0.00767

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00767

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.77% (0.00767)	53.87th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.77% (0.00767)	50.54th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.35% (0.00353)	55.51th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.27% (0.00271)	68.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.19% (0.00188)	55.57th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.17% (0.00173)	53.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.16% (0.00157)	50.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.27% (0.00274)	62.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320707
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320707		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 30, 2003

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved May 29, 2003

Link CVE-2003-0355

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2003-0355

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2003-0355