Security Alert (A18-03-06): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox


 

Published on: 19 March 2018

  
  

Description:

Mozilla has published a security advisory to address multiple vulnerabilities found in Firefox. A remote attacker would entice a user running the vulnerable browser to open a web page with specially crafted content to exploit the vulnerabilities.

 

Affected Systems:

  • Firefox prior to version 59.0.1
  • Firefox ESR prior to version 52.7.2

 

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution 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 59.0.1 for Windows, Macintosh and Linux
    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/

  • Firefox ESR 52.7.2 for Windows, Macintosh and Linux
    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/

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/mfsa2018-08/
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5146 (to CVE-2018-5147)

 



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