Description:
Mozilla has published the advisories (MFSA2022-10 and MFSA2022-11) 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 ESR Windows versions prior to version 91.7
- Firefox Windows versions prior to version 98
Impact:
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, security feature 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 98 for Windows
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release
- Firefox ESR 91.7 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/mfsa2022-10/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-11/
- https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/mozilla-firefox-multiple-vulnerabilities_20220309
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2022/03/08/mozilla-releases-security-updates-firefox-and-firefox-esr
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0843
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-26381 (to CVE-2022-26387)