CVE-2014-1492

Publication date

2014-03-25 01:00:00

Family

mozilla

State

PUBLISHED

Description

The cert_TestHostName function in lib/certdb/certdb.c in the certificate-checking implementation in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.16 accepts a wildcard character that is embedded in an internationalized domain names U-label, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate.