Important: firefox security update

2022-12-1500:00:00

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memory corruption

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cve page.

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

9.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.011

Percentile

84.8%

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

This update upgrades Firefox to version 102.6.0 ESR.

Security Fix(es):

Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from a compromised content process (CVE-2022-46872)
Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 102.6 and Thunderbird 102.6 (CVE-2022-46878)
Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL (CVE-2022-46880)
Mozilla: Memory corruption in WebGL (CVE-2022-46881)
Mozilla: Drag and Dropped Filenames could have been truncated to malicious extensions (CVE-2022-46874)
Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL (CVE-2022-46882)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.