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title: "CVE-2011-3648\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-3648

Publication date 9 November 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

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.24
and 4.x through 7.0 and Thunderbird before 3.1.6 and 5.0 through 7.0 allows
remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted text
with Shift JIS encoding.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.3 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.3 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| seamonkey | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| thunderbird | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 3.1.16+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 3.1.16+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 3.1.16+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| xulrunner-1.9.2 | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 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 1.9.2.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.9.2.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| xulrunner-2.0 | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 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 |

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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-2011-3648)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3648)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-3648)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3648)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1277-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1277-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 23 November 2011

+ [USN-1282-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1282-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 28 November 2011

+ [USN-1251-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1251-1)
+ Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
+ 10 November 2011

+ [USN-1254-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1254-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 22 December 2011

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=690225>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3648>