Description:
Mozilla has published the advisories (MFSA2022-51 and MFSA2022-52) 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 102.6
- Firefox Windows versions prior to version 108
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 products to address the issues and they can be downloaded at the following URLs:
- Firefox 108 (Windows)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release
- Firefox ESR 102.6 (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/mfsa2022-51/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-52/
- https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/mozilla-products-multiple-vulnerabilities_20221214
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2022/12/13/mozilla-releases-security-updates-thunderbird-and-firefox
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-46871 (to CVE-2022-46875)
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-46877 (to CVE-2022-46882)
