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CVE-2009-3273

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-09-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-310

Description

iPhone Mail in Apple iPhone OS, and iPhone OS for iPod touch, does not validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL e-mail servers via a crafted certificate.

Affected products

• Apple Iphone Os: 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1, 1.1.0 (+15)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506428/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36370
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53234
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506428/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36370
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53234

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