[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-115.3.1esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains a security fix. For more information, see:...

[SECURITY] [DSA 5506-1] firefox-esr security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5506-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff September 28, 2023 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Update Chrome Now: Google Releases Patch for Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability

Google on Wednesday rolled out fixes to address a new actively exploited zero-day in the Chrome browser. Tracked as CVE-2023-5217, the high-severity vulnerability has been described as a heap-based buffer overflow in the VP8 compression format in libvpx, a free software video codec library from...

[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: firefox-118.0-1.fc38

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability...

[SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: firefox-118.0-1.fc39

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability...

KLA60821 DoS vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox ESR

Heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox ESR. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability to cause denial of service. Original advisories MFSA2023-44 Exploitation Public exploits exist for this vulnerability. Related products Mozilla-Firefox-ESR CVE list CVE-2023-5217...

CVE-2023-5170

In canvas rendering, a compromised content process could have caused a surface to change unexpectedly, leading to a memory leak of a privileged process. This memory leak could be used to effect a sandbox escape if the correct data was leaked. This vulnerability affects Firefox 118...

Slackware Linux 15.0 / current mozilla-firefox Vulnerability (SSA:2023-271-01)

The version of mozilla-firefox installed on the remote host is prior to 115.3.1esr. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2023-271-01 advisory. - Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1 allowed a...

Mozilla Firefox < 118.0.1

The version of Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 118.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2023-44 advisory. - Specific handling of an attacker-controlled VP8 media stream could lead to a heap buffer overflow in the content process. We...

Mozilla Firefox ESR < 115.3.1

The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 115.3.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2023-44 advisory. - Specific handling of an attacker-controlled VP8 media stream could lead to a heap buffer overflow in the content process...

KLA61042 DoS vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird

Heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability to cause denial of service. Original advisories MFSA2023-44 Exploitation Public exploits exist for this vulnerability. Related products Mozilla-Thunderbird CVE list CVE-2023-5217...

KLA60820 DoS vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

Heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability to cause denial of service. Original advisories MFSA2023-44 Exploitation Public exploits exist for this vulnerability. Related products Mozilla-Firefox CVE list CVE-2023-5217 critical...

Vulnerabilities fixed in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird

Mozilla has fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird. A malicious party could exploit the vulnerabilities to perform attacks that can lead to the following categories of damage: Denial-of-Service DoS Data manipulation. Remote code execution User rights Access to sensitive dat...

Mozilla Firefox < 118.0.1

The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 118.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2023-44 advisory. - Specific handling of an attacker-controlled VP8 media stream could lead to a heap buffer overflow in the content...

SUSE-SU-2023:3837-1 Security update for MozillaFirefox

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues: Update to Firefox Extended Support Release 115.3.0 ESR MFSA 2023-42, bsc1215575: Security fixes: - CVE-2023-5168: Out-of-bounds write in FilterNodeD2D1 bmo1846683. - CVE-2023-5169: Out-of-bounds write in PathOps bmo1846685. - CVE-2023-517...

Mozilla Releases Security Advisories for Thunderbird and Firefox

Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities for Thunderbird 115.3, Firefox ESR 115.3, and Firefox 118. A cyber threat actor could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Mozilla security advisorie...

CVE-2023-5176

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Memory safety bugs are present in Firefox 117, Firefox ESR 115.2, and Thunderbird 115.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption, and we presume that with enough effort, some of these cou...

CVE-2023-5171

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: During Ion compilation, a Garbage Collection could have resulted in a use-after-free condition, allowing an attacker to write two NULL bytes and cause a potentially exploitable crash...

CVE-2023-5169

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a PathRecording, resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process...

CVE-2023-5168

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: A compromised content process could have provided malicious data to FilterNodeD2D1, resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process...