Wednesday, January 8, 2025

[USN-7191-1] Firefox vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7191-1
January 09, 2025

firefox vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Firefox.

Software Description:
- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details:

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive
information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-0237,
CVE-2025-0239, CVE-2025-0240, CVE-2025-0242, CVE-2025-0243, CVE-2025-0247)

Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox incorrectly handled memory when
breaking lines in text, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-0238)

Nils Bars discovered that Firefox incorrectly handled memory when using
JavaScript Text Segmentation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-0241)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  firefox                         134.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the
necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7191-1
  CVE-2025-0237, CVE-2025-0238, CVE-2025-0239, CVE-2025-0240,
  CVE-2025-0241, CVE-2025-0242, CVE-2025-0243, CVE-2025-0247

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/134.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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