FireFox

We recently saw a minor security bug discovered in the latest stable release of the popular Mozilla Firefox 1.5 browser. However, there are more issues if you are still using one of the older versions of the browser. A working code has been released on the internet, which makes use of a flaw in the older version of the open source browser. And if you have not upgraded to the latest version (Firefox 1.5), it is a good time to do so.

Mozilla says that the bug code released on the web was fixed in the version 1.0.5 itself. However, their would be lot of users on the net who are still using versions prior to that. Aviv Raff, a developer in Israel released the code, which makes use of the vulnerability in versions older than 1.0.5. He wrote on his Blog: “I think it’s been enough time for people to upgrade from v1.0.4 of Firefox.”

His released code is not harmful to the users but demonstrate the problem in the browser’s older version. However, hackers can make use of the code for purposes that are more malicious. And it might not take long for instances targeting users of older version of Mozilla Firefox web browser.

The vulnerability exists in the way Firefox used to handle JavaScript code. Both Internet Explorer and Opera has seen security updates in the recent days. The whole situation goes onto show how important web browsers have become in the recent days with more examples of applications running on the internet becoming popular.

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