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On Tuesday, August 1, Mozilla released Firefox 116<\/strong>, the monthly major version-incrementing update for its Web browser. Aside from a few minor feature updates<\/a> and under-the-hood changes, Firefox 116 also fixes 14 vulnerabilities<\/a> that had CVE numbers assigned to them.<\/p>\n Mozilla rates the overall severity of these vulnerabilities as “high.” Individually, Mozilla rates nine vulnerabilities as “high,” four as “moderate,” and one as “low” severity.<\/p>\n CVE stands for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures; it’s a standard that gives a unique name to each vulnerability. This makes it easier to identify the same vulnerability as it may apply to multiple products.<\/p>\n As we mentioned last month, this month’s Firefox release no longer supports a number of Mac and Windows operating systems<\/a>. Mozilla has stopped supporting three Mac operating systems all at once: macOS Sierra (10.12), macOS High Sierra (10.13), and macOS Mojave (10.14). The company has also ended support for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. Notably, none of these operating systems are still getting security updates from Apple or Microsoft, respectively.<\/p>\n