Description:
Mozilla has published the advisories (MFSA2022-16 and MFSA2022-17) 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 ESR Windows versions prior to version 91.9
- Firefox Windows versions prior to version 100
Impact:
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution, information disclosure, security feature 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 100 for Windows
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release
- Firefox ESR 91.9 for Windows
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-esr
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/mfsa2022-16/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-17/
- https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/mozilla-products-multiple-vulnerabilities_20220504
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-29909 (to CVE-2022-29912)
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-29914 (to CVE-2022-29918)