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title: "CVE-2009-3980\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-3980

Publication date 15 December 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla
Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.6, SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, and Thunderbird allow
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and
application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| seamonkey | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.0.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2.0.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2.0.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.0.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| xulrunner-1.9.1 | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 1.9.1.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.9.1.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3980)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3980)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3980)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3980)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-874-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-874-1)
+ Firefox 3.5 and Xulrunner 1.9.1 vulnerabilities
+ 18 December 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3980>
