Security Alert (A22-11-13): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox

Description:

Mozilla has published the advisories (MFSA2022-47 and MFSA2022-48) 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 102.5
• Firefox Windows versions prior to version 107

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, security restriction 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 107 for Windows
  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release
• Firefox ESR 102.5 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/mfsa2022-47/
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-48/
• https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/mozilla-products-multiple-vulnerabilities_20221116
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40674
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-45403 (to CVE-2022-45413)
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-45415 (to CVE-2022-45421)