Security Alert (A20-07-01): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox


 

Published on: 02 July 2020

  
  

Description:

Mozilla has published two security advisories (MFSA 2020-24 and MFSA 2020-25) 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 prior to version 78
  • Firefox ESR prior to version 68.10

 

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution, information disclosure, 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 78 for Windows, Macintosh and Linux
    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/

  • Firefox ESR 68.10 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/mfsa2020-24/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-25/
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-12402
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-12415 (to CVE-2020-12426)

 



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