[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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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
Thx, I have postponed the article, because at the time dm released, no change log has been published. The article is now online here:
Firefox 75 and 68.7.0esr released