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title: "CVE-2011-3005\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-3005

Publication date 30 September 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 6, Thunderbird
before 7.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code
via crafted OGG headers in a .ogg file.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 11.04 natty | Fixed 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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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-2011-3005)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3005)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-3005)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3005)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1222-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1222-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 29 September 2011

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3005>