CVE-2009-3477: Rim Blackberry Device Software

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Blackberry Browser in RIM BlackBerry Device Software 4.5.0 before 4.5.0.173, 4.6.0 before 4.6.0.303, 4.6.1 before 4.6.1.309, 4.7.0 before 4.7.0.179, and 4.7.1 before 4.7.1.57 does not properly handle "hidden" characters including a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows remote man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.

Affected products

• Rim Blackberry Device Software: version 4.5.0 only; version 4.6 only; version 4.6.1 only; version 4.7 only; version 4.7.1 only

Published 2009-09-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.