---
title: "CVE-2011-0084\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-2011-0084?format=md
keywords: index, follow
---

# CVE-2011-0084

Publication date 17 August 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

---

Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

Toggle side navigation

## Description

The SVGTextElement.getCharNumAtPosition function in Mozilla Firefox before
3.6.20, and 4.x through 5; Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12 and other versions
before 6; SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.3; and possibly other products does not
properly handle SVG text, which allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that lead to a "dangling pointer."

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 6.0+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 3.6.20+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 3.6.20+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| firefox-3.0 | 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| firefox-3.5 | 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| seamonkey | 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| thunderbird | 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 3.1.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 3.1.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 3.1.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| xulrunner-1.9.2 | 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 1.9.2.27+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 1.9.2.20+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.9.2.20+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| xulrunner-2.0 | 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | 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-2011-0084)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0084)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-0084)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0084)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1185-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1185-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 26 August 2011

+ [USN-1192-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1192-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 17 August 2011

+ [USN-1184-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1184-1)
+ Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
+ 19 August 2011

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0084>