--- title: "CVE-2011-3079\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-2011-3079?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2011-3079 Publication date 1 May 2012 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation in Google Chrome before 18.0.1025.168, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 and other products, does not properly validate messages, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | chromium-browser | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 | | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 | | 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | firefox | 15.04 vivid | Not affected | | 14.10 utopic | Not affected | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | thunderbird | 15.04 vivid | Not affected | | 14.10 utopic | Not affected | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | --- * [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-2011-3079) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3079) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-3079) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3079) ### Other references * * *