Firefox 44 Released With Security Updates

Mozilla sent Firefox Version 44.0 to the release channel.  The update includes three (3) critical, one (1) high, six (6) moderate and one (1 low security updates.

Firefox ESR was updated to version 38.6.0.

Fixed in Firefox 44

• 2016-12 Lightweight themes on Firefox for Android do not verify a secure connection
• 2016-11 Application Reputation service disabled in Firefox 43
• 2016-10 Unsafe memory manipulation found through code inspection
• 2016-09 Addressbar spoofing attacks
• 2016-08 Delay following click events in file download dialog too short on OS X
• 2016-06 Missing delay following user click events in protocol handler dialog
• 2016-05 Addressbar spoofing through stored data url shortcuts on Firefox for Android
• 2016-04 Firefox allows for control characters to be set in cookie names
• 2016-03 Buffer overflow in WebGL after out of memory allocation
• 2016-02 Out of Memory crash when parsing GIF format images
• 2016-01 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:44.0 / rv:38.6)

What’s New

New

• Improved warning pages for certificate errors and untrusted connections
  
• Enable H.264 if system decoder is available
  
• Enable WebM/VP9 video support on systems that don't support MP4/H.264
  
• In the animation-inspector timeline, lightning bolt icon next to animations running on the compositor thread
  
• Support the brotli compression format via HTTPS content-encoding
  
• Screenshot commands allow user choice of pixel ratio in Developer Tools
  

Fixed

• Windows XP and Vista screensaver doesn't disable when watching videos (Bug 1193610)
  

Changed

• To support unicode-range descriptor for webfonts, font matching under Linux now uses the same font matching code as other platforms
  
• Use a SHA-256 signing certificate for Windows builds, to meet new signing requirements
  
• Firefox has removed support for the RC4 decipher
  
• Firefox will no longer trust the Equifax Secure Certificate Authority 1024-bit root certificate or the UTN - DATACorp SGC to validate secure website certificates
  
• Stricter validation of web fonts
  
• On-screen keyboard support temporarily turned off for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
  

References

• Common questions after updating Firefox
• Security Updates
• Mozilla Firefox Release Notes
• Bug Fixes 

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