--- title: "CVE-2006-3811\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-3811?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2006-3811 Publication date 27 July 2006 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.5, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via Javascript that leads to memory corruption, including (1) nsListControlFrame::FireMenuItemActiveEvent, (2) buffer overflows in the string class in out-of-memory conditions, (3) table row and column groups, (4) "anonymous box selectors outside of UA stylesheets," (5) stale references to "removed nodes," and (6) running the crypto.generateCRMFRequest callback on deleted context. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | firefox | 7.04 feisty | Not affected | | 6.10 edgy | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.13~prepatch070731-0ubuntu1 | | firefox-granparadiso | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | lightning-sunbird | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | midbrowser | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | mozilla-thunderbird | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.7.04 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.6.10 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.6.06 | | xulrunner | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.8.0.5-4.2 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.8.0.5-4.2 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3811) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3811) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-3811) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3811) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-361-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-361-1) + Mozilla vulnerabilities + 10 October 2006 + [USN-327-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-327-1) + firefox vulnerabilities + 28 July 2006 + [USN-350-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-350-1) + Thunderbird vulnerabilities + 22 September 2006 + [USN-329-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-329-1) + Thunderbird vulnerabilities + 29 July 2006 ### Other references *