Number: AV21-173
Date: 20 April 2021
On 19 April 2021 Mozilla published Security Advisories to address vulnerabilities in the following products:
- Firefox – versions prior to 88
- Firefox ESR – versions prior to 78.10
- Thunderbird – versions prior to 78.10
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in remote code execution.
The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the provided web links and apply the necessary updates.
Firefox (MFSA 2021-16)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-16/
Firefox ESR (MFSA 2021-15)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-15/
Thunderbird (MFSA 2021-14)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-14/
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