Security Alert (A17-03-06): Vulnerability in Firefox

Description:

Mozilla has published a security advisory to address a vulnerability found in Firefox. This vulnerability is caused by integer overflow. A remote attacker could entice a user to open a web page with specially crafted content to exploit the vulnerability.

Affected Systems:

• Firefox prior to version 52.0.1
• Firefox ESR prior to version 52.0.1

Impact:

A successful attack could lead to arbitrary code execution 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 52.0.1 for Windows, Macintosh and Linux
  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
  
  
• Firefox ESR 52.0.1 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/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-08/
https://www.hkcert.org/my_url/en/alert/17032001
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2017/03/17/Mozilla-Releases-Security-Updates
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5428