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title: "CVE-2011-2986\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-2986

Publication date 18 August 2011

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

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 5, Thunderbird before 6, SeaMonkey 2.x before
2.3, and possibly other products, when the Direct2D (aka D2D) API is used
on Windows, allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and
obtain sensitive image data from a different domain, by inserting this data
into a canvas.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2986?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 11.04 natty | Fixed 6.0+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| seamonkey | 11.04 natty | Ignored |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| thunderbird | 11.04 natty | Ignored |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| xulrunner-1.9.2 | 11.04 natty | Ignored |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| xulrunner-2.0 | 11.04 natty | Ignored |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | 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)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

Only Firefox/TBird 5 and Windows only

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2986)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2986)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-2986)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2986)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2986>
