The Indian Pc Emergency Response Workforce (CERT-In) has issued an advisory for Mozilla Firefox customers. Marked as ‘excessive’ severity score, the cyber safety company mentioned {that a} vulnerability within the Mozilla Firefox browser can enable a distant attacker to carry out arbitrary code execution on the focused system.
CERT-In’s advisory states that this vulnerability exists in Mozilla Firefox attributable to use-after-free error in libaudio when used on Android API under model 30. “A distant attacker can exploit this vulnerability by persuading a sufferer to go to a specifically crafted web site,” it additional states.
Profitable exploitation of this vulnerability might enable a distant attacker to carry out arbitrary code execution on the focused system, it provides.
Are all Mozilla Firefox customers impacted by the vulnerability?
In its advisory, CERT-In says that Mozilla Firefox variations previous to 110.1.0 are in danger. It additionally states that the vulnerability exists on the Android model of the browser. Different variations of Firefox are unaffected.
What ought to the impacted customers do?
Mozilla says that it has mounted the above talked about vulnerability with the model 110.1.0. “A possible use-after-free in libaudio was mounted by disabling the AAudio backend when operating on Android API under model 30. This bug solely impacts Firefox for Android. Different variations of Firefox are unaffected,” it says.
The CERT-In advises the affected customers to improve to Mozilla Firefox model 110.1.0 to remain secure.
In a associated information, Mozilla Firefox has obtained three new extensions for its Android net browser. It will provide customers an improved net browsing expertise and simplify sure duties. The extensions obtained by Mozilla Firefox embody hiding the consumer electronic mail tackle whereas signing as much as the web site, eradicating monitoring components earlier than sharing a URL and listening to an article. Utilizing the ‘Firefox Relay’, customers can disguise their actual electronic mail addresses. It would assist them to guard their identification and comes throughout as a greater security characteristic. This may not let on-line entities gather your electronic mail tackle and use them for advertising and marketing or different prudent functions.
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