{"id":203,"date":"2008-07-18T10:16:26","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T09:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=203"},"modified":"2008-07-18T10:16:26","modified_gmt":"2008-07-18T09:16:26","slug":"firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox Update Fixes Three Critical Flaws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p> The Mozilla Foundation has issued another update to its Firefox browser, patching <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/security\/known-vulnerabilities\/firefox30.html#firefox3.0.1\">three critical security flaws<\/a>. The bugs patched are a crash with malformed GIF file on Mac OS X, the possibility of command-line URLs launching multiple tabs when Firefox is not running, and remote code execution by overflowing CSS reference counter. If you are using Firefox 3, you should update the program by using the program&#8217;s internal updater (choose Help > Check for Updates), or by <a href=\"http:\/\/en-us.www.mozilla.com\/en-US\/firefox\/3.0.1\/releasenotes\/\">downloading the latest version<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mozilla Foundation has issued another update to its Firefox browser, patching three critical security flaws. The bugs patched are a crash with malformed GIF file on Mac OS X, the possibility of command-line URLs launching multiple tabs when Firefox is not running, and remote code execution by overflowing CSS reference counter. If you are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Mozilla Foundation has issued another update to its Firefox browser, patching three critical security flaws. The bugs patched are a crash with\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Firefox Update Fixes Three Critical Flaws - The Mac Security Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Mozilla Foundation has issued another update to its Firefox browser, patching three critical security flaws. The bugs patched are a crash with\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Mac Security Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-07-18T09:16:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Peter James\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Intego\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/intego-organization-logo-for-google-knowledge-graph-875x875-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/intego-organization-logo-for-google-knowledge-graph-875x875-1.png\",\"width\":875,\"height\":875,\"caption\":\"Intego\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/\",\"name\":\"The Mac Security Blog\",\"description\":\"Keep Macs safe from the dangers of the Internet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/\",\"name\":\"Firefox Update Fixes Three Critical Flaws - The Mac Security Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-07-18T09:16:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-07-18T09:16:26+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Mozilla Foundation has issued another update to its Firefox browser, patching three critical security flaws. The bugs patched are a crash with\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Firefox Update Fixes Three Critical Flaws\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d0c16bd0a4dd8f82d91204f400c8d116\"},\"headline\":\"Firefox Update Fixes Three Critical Flaws\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-07-18T09:16:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-07-18T09:16:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#webpage\"},\"wordCount\":85,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Security &amp; Privacy\",\"Software &amp; Apps\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d0c16bd0a4dd8f82d91204f400c8d116\",\"name\":\"Peter James\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0626bfb4ada576ba5aa775322329ad47?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0626bfb4ada576ba5aa775322329ad47?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Peter James\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/author\/peter\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"description":"The Mozilla Foundation has issued another update to its Firefox browser, patching three critical security flaws. The bugs patched are a crash with","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Firefox Update Fixes Three Critical Flaws - The Mac Security Blog","og_description":"The Mozilla Foundation has issued another update to its Firefox browser, patching three critical security flaws. The bugs patched are a crash with","og_url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/","og_site_name":"The Mac Security Blog","article_published_time":"2008-07-18T09:16:26+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Peter James"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#organization","name":"Intego","url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/","sameAs":[],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#logo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/intego-organization-logo-for-google-knowledge-graph-875x875-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/intego-organization-logo-for-google-knowledge-graph-875x875-1.png","width":875,"height":875,"caption":"Intego"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#logo"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/","name":"The Mac Security Blog","description":"Keep Macs safe from the dangers of the Internet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/","name":"Firefox Update Fixes Three Critical Flaws - The Mac Security Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2008-07-18T09:16:26+00:00","dateModified":"2008-07-18T09:16:26+00:00","description":"The Mozilla Foundation has issued another update to its Firefox browser, patching three critical security flaws. The bugs patched are a crash with","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Firefox Update Fixes Three Critical Flaws"}]},{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#webpage"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d0c16bd0a4dd8f82d91204f400c8d116"},"headline":"Firefox Update Fixes Three Critical Flaws","datePublished":"2008-07-18T09:16:26+00:00","dateModified":"2008-07-18T09:16:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#webpage"},"wordCount":85,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-flaws\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg","articleSection":["Security &amp; Privacy","Software &amp; Apps"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d0c16bd0a4dd8f82d91204f400c8d116","name":"Peter James","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0626bfb4ada576ba5aa775322329ad47?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0626bfb4ada576ba5aa775322329ad47?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Peter James"},"url":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/author\/peter\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4VAYd-3h","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/origin.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}