Security Alert (A24-07-06): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox


 

Published on: 10 July 2024

  
  

Description:

Mozilla has published the advisories (MFSA2024-29 and MFSA2024-30) 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 128
  • Firefox ESR Windows versions prior to version 115.13

 

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, privilege escalation, 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 128 (Windows)
    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release
  • Firefox ESR 115.13 (Windows)
    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-esr

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

 

More Information:

  • https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/
  • https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-30/
  • https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/mozilla-products-multiple-vulnerabilities_20240710
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-6600 (to CVE-2024-6615)


Tag:
Tags