Mozzila Firefox 13 Released With Critical Security Updates

Corrine · Jun 5, 2012

Firefox 13 was sent to the release channel today by Mozilla. Included in the update are five (5) critical, two (2) high, and one (1) moderate security update.

Security Updates Fixed in Firefox 13

MFSA 2012-40 Buffer overflow and use-after-free issues found using Address Sanitizer
MFSA 2012-39 NSS parsing errors with zero length items
MFSA 2012-38 Use-after-free while replacing/inserting a node in a document
MFSA 2012-37 Information disclosure though Windows file shares and shortcut files
MFSA 2012-36 Content Security Policy inline-script bypass
MFSA 2012-35 Privilege escalation through Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service
MFSA 2012-34 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards

What's New

An interesting new feature is the change when opening a new tab. Where it was previously a blank space, the new tab now has a feature like Internet Explorer 9 and the other major browsers. Where IE9, for example, includes links to "Your most popular sites", Firefox 13 now displays tab views and links to "most visited pages".

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Mozzila Firefox 13 Released With Critical Security Updates

Corrine

Administrator,
Microsoft MVP,
Security Analyst

Mozzila Firefox 13 Released With Critical Security Updates

Corrine

Administrator, Microsoft MVP, Security Analyst

Administrator,
Microsoft MVP,
Security Analyst