Unsanitary Firefox gets fix for critical HTML-handling hijack flaw

Versions 56 through 58 need patching, pronto

By Richard Chirgwin

Mozilla has patched a nasty security bug in Firefox, affecting versions 56, 57 and 58, and their point updates.

The CVSS-8.8-rated flaw means that if an attacker can get a user to open a malicious document or link, remote code execution becomes a possibility – allowing spyware, ransomware and other nasties to be installed and run.

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Source: https://www.theregister.co.uk/

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