Firefox 15 was sent to the release channel today by Mozilla. Included in the update are seven (7) critical, six (6) high, and three (3) moderate security updates.
Based on the extensive list of security updates, it is recommended that the update be applied as soon as possible.
Please also note that the release of Firefox 15 includes the completion of the inclusion of silent updates.
Security Updates Fixed in Firefox 15
MFSA 2012-72 Web console eval capable of executing chrome-privileged code MFSA 2012-71 Insecure use of __android_log_print MFSA 2012-70 Location object security checks bypassed by chrome code MFSA 2012-69 Incorrect site SSL certificate data display MFSA 2012-68 DOMParser loads linked resources in extensions when parsing text/html MFSA 2012-67 Installer will launch incorrect executable following new installation MFSA 2012-66 HTTPMonitor extension allows for remote debugging without explicit activation MFSA 2012-65 Out-of-bounds read in format-number in XSLT MFSA 2012-64 Graphite 2 memory corruption MFSA 2012-63 SVG buffer overflow and use-after-free issues MFSA 2012-62 WebGL use-after-free and memory corruption MFSA 2012-61 Memory corruption with bitmap format images with negative height MFSA 2012-60 Escalation of privilege through about:newtab MFSA 2012-59 Location object can be shadowed using Object.defineProperty MFSA 2012-58 Use-after-free issues found using Address Sanitizer MFSA 2012-57 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:15.0/ rv:10.0.7)
What's New
The Release Notes include new and fixed features in version 15. The huge list of Bug Fixes are in the link available in the References below.
NEW -- Silent, background updates
NEW -- Support for SPDY networking protocol v3
NEW -- WebGL enhancements, including compressed textures for better performance
HTML5 -- The audio and video eleents now support the played attribute
HTML5 -- The element now supports the media attribute
FIXED -- Focus rings keep growing when repeatedly tabbing through elements (720987)
Known Issues
Unresolved -- Debugger breakpoints do not catch on page reload (see 783393) Note, in Resolved in v16
Unresolved -- If you try to start Firefox using a locked profile, it will crash (see 573369)
Unresolved -- For some users, scrolling in the main GMail window will be slower than usual (see 579260)
Unresolved -- Windows: The use of Microsoft's System Restore functionality shortly after updating Firefox may prevent future updates (see 730285)
Update
To get the update now, select "Help" from the Firefox menu at the upper left of the browser window, then pick "About Firefox." Mac users need to select "About Firefox" from the Firefox menu.
If you do not use the English language version, Fully Localized Versions are available for download.
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