Security Alert (A19-12-01): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox


 

Published on: 04 December 2019

Description:

Mozilla has published two security advisories (MFSA 2019-36 and MFSA 2019-37) to address multiple browser vulnerabilities. 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 71
  • Firefox ESR prior to version 68.3

 

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to information disclosure, arbitrary code execution 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 71 for Windows, Macintosh and Linux
    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/

  • Firefox ESR 68.3 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/mfsa2019-36/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11745
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11756
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13722
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17005
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17008 (to CVE-2019-17014)

 



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