Firefox 3.6.2 Fixes Decompression Bug

Author: Donald Sears
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Days before the start of Pwn2Own, Mozilla has patched its flagship Firefox browser. The Firefox 3.6.2 update fixes a critical bug in a font decompression routine that could be exploited to “crash a victim’s browser and execute arbitrary code on his/her system,” Mozilla said in a security advisory. Read the full article. [Computerworld]

Days before the start of Pwn2Own, Mozilla has patched its flagship Firefox browser. The Firefox 3.6.2 update fixes a critical bug in a font decompression routine that could be exploited to “crash a victim’s browser and execute arbitrary code on his/her system,” Mozilla said in a security advisory. Read the full article. [Computerworld]

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