Instituto Nacional de ciberseguridad. Sección Incibe
Instituto Nacional de Ciberseguridad. Sección INCIBE-CERT

Go to Calendar     Go to Press Room     Go to Newsletters subscription

Search

CVE-2009-2973

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues
Publication date:
27/08/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Google Chrome before 2.0.172.43 does not prevent SSL connections to a site with an X.509 certificate signed with the (1) MD2 or (2) MD4 algorithm, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary HTTPS servers via a crafted certificate, a related issue to CVE-2009-2409.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.0.172.37 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.149.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.149.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.149.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.152.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.153.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.3.154.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.3.154.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.4.154.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.4.154.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.4.154.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.4.154.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:1.0.154.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:1.0.154.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:1.0.154.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools