Firefox 74.0.1 and 68.6.1esr released

Mozilla[German]The Mozilla developers have released version 74.0.1 and version and 68.6.1esr of the Firefox browser on April 3, 2020. This is a maintenance update for the browser.


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Blog reader deoroller has mentioned this update in this comment – thanks for that hint.

Firefox 74.0.1

According to the release notes, this is a maintenance version which mainly closes security issues.

CVE-2020-6819: Use-after-free while running the nsDocShell destructor
CVE-2020-6820: Use-after-free when handling a ReadableStream

The vulnerabilities are classified as critical and are likely to be exploited already.

Firefox 68.6.1esr

According to the release notes, the maintenance update of Firefox 68.6.1esr only contains the vulnerabilities described on this page. The browser can be downloaded via FTP.


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2 Responses to Firefox 74.0.1 and 68.6.1esr released

  1. EP says:

    The Deskmodder.de site is reporting that Firefox 75.0 and 68.7 ESR have been recently released:
    https://www.deskmodder.de/blog/2020/04/07/firefox-75-mit-einer-verbesserten-adressleiste-68-7-0-esr/

    so the FF 74.0.1 & 68.6.1 ESR releases are now considered a moot point

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