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Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - August12 (Mac OS X)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

11 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is installed with Mozilla Firefox and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

- An error due to improper restriction of navigation to the about:newtab page, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site that triggers creation of a new tab and then a new window. - An error in the debugger in the developer-tools subsystem fails to restrict access to the remote-debugging service when remote debugging is disabled and the experimental HTTPMonitor extension has been installed and enabled.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Mozilla Firefox version before 15.0 on Mac OS X

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 15.0 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)