Why do I get a vunerability advice with Firefox
After I do a Kaspersky vulnerability scan I get the following detail advice: C:Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox exe.
I have upadated to the latest version 50.0.1 and the vulnerability still appears. Is this dangerous? Do I disregard? How to fix?
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hi Rlpellet, i think the result is correct, as there is a general vulnerability in firefox that was brought to mozilla's attention a short while ago: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/11/emergency-bulletin-firefox-0-day-wild/ a fix for it is in development and testing right now and will hopefully pushed out to users as an update to firefox 50.0.2 later today.
a workaround in the meantime would be to disable javascript in the browser by default, then websites will be unable to exploit the vulnerability. you could use an addon like noscript for that purpose: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/noscript/
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hi Rlpellet, i think the result is correct, as there is a general vulnerability in firefox that was brought to mozilla's attention a short while ago: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/11/emergency-bulletin-firefox-0-day-wild/ a fix for it is in development and testing right now and will hopefully pushed out to users as an update to firefox 50.0.2 later today.
a workaround in the meantime would be to disable javascript in the browser by default, then websites will be unable to exploit the vulnerability. you could use an addon like noscript for that purpose: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/noscript/
Would about:config changing javascript.enabled = false work for this?
yes, but the the fix is ready by now - users can update firefox by going to the firefox menu ≡ > (?) help > about firefox panel.
Thank you.
thank you all for your response