Urgent Security Updates Released for Chrome and Firefox: Users Urged to Update Immediately

January 8, 2025
Urgent Security Updates Released for Chrome and Firefox: Users Urged to Update Immediately
  • Another critical vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-0291, could enable remote execution of malicious code or denial of service attacks, and was reported by a researcher who received a $55,000 reward.

  • Two critical vulnerabilities affecting both Firefox and Mozilla's Thunderbird email client, CVE-2025-0242 and CVE-2025-0247, could facilitate remote code execution due to memory safety issues.

  • The latest versions of Google Chrome are 131.0.6778.260 for Android, 131.0.6778.264 for Linux, and 131.0.6778.264/265 for macOS, while the Long-Term Support version stands at 130.0.6723.191.

  • Mozilla developers assessed the remaining eight vulnerabilities in Firefox as medium risk, which could lead to bypasses, address bar spoofing, elevation of privilege, crashes, and improper certificate validation.

  • Although neither company has reported any instances of these vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild, users are strongly urged to update their browsers promptly.

  • Users of Chrome are advised to update to version 131.0.6778.264/265 for Windows and Mac, and version 131.0.6778.264 for Linux, which addresses four identified security vulnerabilities.

  • Among these vulnerabilities is a critical flaw that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely, potentially compromising systems or leaking sensitive information.

  • Google and Mozilla have released critical updates for their web browsers, Chrome and Firefox, addressing several high-risk security vulnerabilities.

  • One notable issue in Chrome involves a Type Confusion in the V8 JavaScript engine, which has been classified as high risk.

  • In Firefox, version 134 addresses a high-severity flaw, CVE-2025-0244, which allows attackers to spoof the browser's address bar and redirect users to fraudulent URLs.

  • Firefox version 134 includes fixes for 11 security vulnerabilities, three of which are classified as high severity, and Mozilla has also released updates for the Extended Support Release (ESR) versions.

  • To update their browsers, users can navigate to 'Help' -> 'About...' in the settings menu for Chrome and Firefox, while Android users can update Firefox through the Play Store.

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