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title: "CVE-2011-3671\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-3671

Publication date 18 June 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**High**

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

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## Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLSelectElement function in
nsHTMLSelectElement.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 8.0, Thunderbird 5.0
through 8.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.6 allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code via vectors involving removal of the parent node of an
element.

## 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 13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 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 |
| 10.04 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 12.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 12.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 12.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3671)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3671)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-3671)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3671)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739343>
* <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-41.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3671>