Firefox 1.5.0.5 is a security update that is part of Mozilla’s ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience. It is recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version. The 1.5.0.5 brings improvements to product stability, includes Frisian locale (fy-NL) and comes with several security fixes.
Security fixes
- chrome: scheme loading remote content
- Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.0.5)
- XSS with XPCNativeWrapper(window).Function(…)
- UniversalBrowserRead privilege escalation
- PAC privilege escalation using Function.prototype.call
- Privilege escalation using named-functions and redefined “new Object()”
- JavaScript engine vulnerabilities
- JavaScript new Function race condition
- Native DOM methods can be hijacked across domains
- Memory corruption with simultaneous events
- Javascript navigator Object Vulnerability
- Code execution through deleted frame reference
- View Firefox 1.5.0.5 Release Notes…
- Download Firefox 1.5.0.5 web browser here…
