CVE-2007-0009

Stack-based buffer overflow in the SSLv2 support in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.11.5, as used by Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.10, SeaMonkey before 1.0.8, and certain Sun Java System server products before 20070611, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via invalid "Client Master Key" length values.

Published: 2007-02-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-0009 is rated Moderate Risk (62.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 49.54%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0009

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-10-15 48.68% 49.54% +0.87%
2 2025-07-04 54.92% 48.68% -6.24%
3 2025-03-30 54.92%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-0009

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-0009

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-0009

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2007-0009: 2 GLSA(s) (200703-18, 200703-22), 3 atom(s) (dev-libs/nss, mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird, mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-0009
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0009
suse medium CVE-2007-0009 severity moderate: SUSE including 22 source package names (MozillaFirefox-10.0-0.3.2, MozillaFirefox-140.2.0-160000.1.2, …), 22 product×package rows across 7 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2, … (7 product lines)): Fixed 22. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0009/
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-0009 medium priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (firefox, iceape, lightning-sunbird, midbrowser, mozilla-thunderbird, xulrunner), 30 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): DNE 11, released 11, needs-triage 6, ignored 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-0009

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-0009

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox >= 1.5, < 1.5.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox >= 2.0, < 2.0.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services < 3.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey < 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 1.5.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 5.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 6.06 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 6.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-0009

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070202-01-P.asc Broken Link
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070301-01-P.asc Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2709 Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2711 Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2747 Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2749 Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 Broken Link
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=483 Broken Link
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0001.html Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0077.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24253 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24277 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24287 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24290 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24293 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24333 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24342 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24343 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24384 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24389 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24395 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24406 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24410 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24455 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24456 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24457 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24522 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24562 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24650 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24703 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25588 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25597 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-18.xml Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.338131 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.363947 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.374851 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102856-1 Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102945-1 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1336 Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-22.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/592796 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:050 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:052 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-06.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_22_mozilla.html Broken Link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/32106 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0078.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0079.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0097.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0108.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461336/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461809/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64758 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017696 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-428-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-431-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0718 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0719 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1165 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2141 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364323 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32663 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1081 Broken Link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1103 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10174 Third Party Advisory
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