Security Alert (A15-12-05): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox


 

Published on: 16 December 2015

Description:

Mozilla has published security advisories to address multiple vulnerabilities found in Firefox. These vulnerabilities are caused by memory safety bugs in the browser engine, flaws in API or use-after-free error. A remote attacker could entice a user to open a web page with specially crafted content to exploit the vulnerabilities.


Affected Systems:

  • Firefox prior to version 43
  • Firefox ESR 38.x prior to version 38.5

Impact:

A successful attack could lead to application crash, arbitrary code execution or elevation of privilege 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 43 for Windows, Macintosh and Linux
    http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html

  • Firefox ESR 38.5 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/security/advisories/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-134/ (to mfsa2015-149)
https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/43.0/releasenotes/
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2015/12/15/Mozilla-Releases-Security-Updates-Firefox-and-Firefox-ESR
https://www.hkcert.org/my_url/en/alert/15121603
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7201 (to CVE-2015-7205)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7207 (to CVE-2015-7208)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7210 (to CVE-2015-7223)



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