Security Alert (A24-10-27): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox

Description:

Mozilla has published the advisories (MFSA2024-55, MFSA2024-56 and MFSA2024-57) 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 132
• Firefox ESR Windows versions prior to version 115.17, 128.4

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to remote code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, security restriction 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 132 (Windows)
  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release
• Firefox ESR 115.17 and 128.4 (Windows)
  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-esr

Users of affected systems should follow the recommendations provided by the vendor and take immediate actions to mitigate the risk.

More Information:

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-55/
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-56/
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-57/
• https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/mozilla-products-multiple-vulnerabilities_20241030
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-10458 (to CVE-2024-10468)