The other is miscellaneous memory safety hazards, according to Mozilla software engineers. “As always, we recommend that users keep up to date with the latest stability and support versions of Firefox, and encourage all our users to upgrade to the very latest version, Firefox 4.0.1,” Legnitto writes.Īccording to the security advisory accompanying all three releases, two critical issues have been addressed in the browser, one of which concerns multiple WebGLES vulnerabilities. The patches are also incorporated in branches 3.5 and 3.6 of Firefox, according to Mozilla’s Christian Legnitto: “As part of Mozilla’s ongoing security and stability update process, Firefox 4.0.1, 3.6.17 and 3.5.19 are now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download.”
A new version of Mozilla’s popular web browser has been released in the wild containing important security fixes for avid users of the application, including those surfing the web on a Macintosh computer.įirefox 4.0.1 fixes security issues found in previous versions of Firefox 4, as well as stability issues.
