Security Alert (A23-05-06): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox

Description:

Mozilla has published the advisories (MFSA2023-16 and MFSA2023-17) to address multiple vulnerabilities in Firefox browser. A remote attacker could entice a user running a vulnerable browser to visit a web page with specially crafted content to exploit the vulnerabilities.

Affected Systems:

• Firefox Windows versions prior to version 113
• Firefox ESR Windows versions prior to version 102.11

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, security restriction bypass or spoofing on an affected system.

Recommendation:

Mozilla has released new versions of the product to address the issues and they can be downloaded at the following URLs:

• Firefox 113 for Windows
  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release
• Firefox ESR 102.11 for Windows
  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-esr

Users of affected systems should follow the recommendations provided by the product vendor and take immediate actions to mitigate the risk.

More Information:

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-16/
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-17/
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-0002
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32205 (to CVE-2023-32216)