Security Alert (A18-10-08): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox


 

Published on: 24 October 2018

  
  

Description:

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

 

Affected Systems:

  • Firefox prior to version 63
  • Firefox ESR prior to version 60.3

 

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, information leakage, security restriction bypass or application crash 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 63 for Windows, Macintosh and Linux
    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/

  • Firefox ESR 60.3 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/mfsa2018-26/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/
https://www.hkcert.org/my_url/en/alert/18102402
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2018/10/23/Mozilla-Releases-Security-Updates-Firefox
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12391 (to CVE-2018-12393)
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12395 (to CVE-2018-12397)
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12388
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12389
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12390
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12398 (to CVE-2018-12403)

 



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