Firefox ESR 128.5: The Great Escape from Bugs – Patch Notes Inside!

Mozilla Foundation has patched several high-impact vulnerabilities in Firefox ESR 128.5. Notably, a memory corruption flaw in Apple GPU drivers affected macOS users. Meanwhile, URL bar spoofing and download protections were bypassed on Windows. Users should update immediately to avoid these security risks.

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Hot Take:

Mozilla’s latest patch notes read like a cyber soap opera: memory corruption, spoofing, and fullscreen lockups! Who knew browsing the web could be such a thriller? Talk about keeping your users on the edge of their seat… or stuck on a fullscreen page!

Key Points:

  • Mozilla fixed several high to low impact security vulnerabilities in Firefox ESR 128.5.
  • Memory corruption in Apple’s GPU drivers posed a high risk, but only to macOS users.
  • Various vulnerabilities ranged from select list spoofing to download protection bypasses.
  • Some issues were specific to certain operating systems, like macOS and Windows.
  • Improvements prevent URL bar spoofing and enhance add-on signature verification.

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