Security Alert (A24-02-14): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox

Description:

Mozilla has published the advisories (MFSA2024-05 and MFSA2024-06) 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 123
• Firefox ESR Windows versions prior to version 115.8

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to remote code execution, denial of service, privilege escalation, security restriction bypass or spoofing on an affected system.

Recommendation:

Mozilla has released new versions of the system to address the issues and they can be downloaded at the following URLs:

• Firefox 123 (Windows)
  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release
• Firefox ESR 115.8 (Windows)
  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-esr

More Information:

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-05
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-06
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-1546 (to CVE-2024-1557)