Mozilla Confirms 0-day Firefox Flaw
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Posted by Donster on: 2010-03-22 16:12:20 304
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Author: Gareth Halfacree @ Bit-Tech
The Mozilla Foundation has confirmed the existence of a critical zero-day vulnerability in its popular Firefox web-browser - but says a fix won't arrive before the end of the month.
Posting on its official security blog, the Foundation confirmed a vulnerability which it has "determined to be critical and [which] could result in remote code execution by an attacker."
The good news? The Foundation has already developed a fix, which is currently undergoing quality assurance testing prior to a general roll-out. The bad news? That roll-out isn't due for at least a week, potentially leaving Firefox users vulnerable to attack.
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