Security Alert (A22-09-13): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox

Description:

Mozilla has published the advisories (MFSA2022-40 and MFSA2022-41) 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 102.3
• Firefox Windows versions prior to version 105

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution, denial of service, information disclosure or security restriction bypass 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 105 for Windows
  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release
• Firefox ESR 102.3 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/mfsa2022-40/
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-41/
• https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/mozilla-firefox-multiple-vulnerabilities_20220921
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40956 (to CVE-2022-40962)