MEDIUM
Mozilla SSL spoofing with document.location and empty SSL response page
Published Dec 17, 2009
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.19%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, allows remote attackers to spoof an SSL indicator for an http URL or a file URL by setting document.location to an https URL corresponding to a site that responds with a No Content (aka 204) status code and an empty body.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 3.0.15
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.7
- 0.7.1
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.10
- 0.10.1
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.4.1
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3
- 1.5.0.4
- 1.5.0.5
- 1.5.0.6
- 1.5.0.7
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 1.5.0.11
- 1.5.0.12
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.8
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 2.0.0.2
- 2.0.0.3
- 2.0.0.4
- 2.0.0.5
- 2.0.0.6
- 2.0.0.7
- 2.0.0.8
- 2.0.0.9
- 2.0.0.10
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.15
- 2.0.0.16
- 2.0.0.17
- 2.0.0.18
- 2.0.0.19
- 2.0.0.20
- 2.0.0.21
- 2.0_.1
- 2.0_.4
- 2.0_.5
- 2.0_.6
- 2.0_.7
- 2.0_.9
- 2.0_.10
- 2.0_8
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.11
- 3.0.12
- 3.0.13
- 3.0.14
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
- 3.5.3
- 3.5.4
- 3.5.5
- ≤ 2.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.0.99
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 1.1.10
- 1.1.11
- 1.1.12
- 1.1.13
- 1.1.14
- 1.1.15
- 1.1.16
- 1.1.17
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0a1
- 2.0a1pre
- n/a
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.48.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1673
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:3.0.16-4.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1674
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-51.el4_8
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1673
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:3.0.16-1.el5_4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1674
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9.0.16-2.el5_4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1674
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.48.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1673 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:3.0.16-4.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1674 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-51.el4_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1673 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:3.0.16-1.el5_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1674 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9.0.16-2.el5_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1674 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.19% 0.02190
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02190
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.19% (0.02190) | 81.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.19% (0.02190) | 80.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.58% (0.02583) | 84.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.51% (0.07515) | 86.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.58% (0.02583) | 84.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.91% (0.01913) | 89.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 1.91% (0.01913) | 88.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.91% (0.01913) | 86.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (30)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37699 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37703 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37704 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37785 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37813 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37856 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37881 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023342 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023343 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1956 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-69.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_63_firefox.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37367 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-873-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-874-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3984 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=521461 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546722 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54806 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3984
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8379 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9791 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1673.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1674.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3984
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00995.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01034.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01041.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 17, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 19, 2009
Link CVE-2009-3984
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a