Security Alert (A19-01-07): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox

Description:

Mozilla has published security advisories to address multiple vulnerabilities found in Firefox. A remote attacker could entice a user running a vulnerable browser to open a web page with specially crafted content to exploit the vulnerabilities.

Affected Systems:

• Firefox prior to version 65
• Firefox ESR prior to version 60.5

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution, information leakage, privilege escalation, security restriction bypass or application crash 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 65 for Windows, Macintosh and Linux
  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
  
  
• Firefox ESR 60.5 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/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-01/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-02/
https://www.hkcert.org/my_url/en/alert/19013002
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/01/29/Mozilla-Releases-Security-Updates-Firefox
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18500 (to CVE-2018-18506)