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title: "CVE-2009-3981\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-3981

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

Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before
3.0.16, SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, and Thunderbird allows 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox-3.0 | 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 3.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 3.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 3.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| xulrunner-1.9 | 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.9.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.9.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.9.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [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-2009-3981)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3981)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3981)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3981)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-873-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-873-1)
+ Firefox 3.0 and Xulrunner 1.9 vulnerabilities
+ 18 December 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3981>
