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The Mozilla has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in their Firefox browser, including 11 critical fixes.
Among the critical fixes is for a “use after free” bug. This is where a program referencing memory after it has been freed. This can cause a program to crash. It is technically possible for hackers to exploit this vulnerability launch buffer overflow attacks.
Another critical vulnerability could allow hackers to exploit a bug in the JavaScript library to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Also announced were security updates for the Mozilla Thunderbird email client. The following updates are available:
- Firefox 31
- Thunderbird 31
- Firefox ESR 24.7
- Thunderbird 24.7
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