Mozilla Firefox Version 57.0.1 Released

Mozilla sent Firefox Version 57.0.1 to the release channel.

Update:  The version update also included one Critical and two High security updates.

Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 57.0.1

Critical:

• CVE-2017-7843: Web worker in Private Browsing mode can write IndexedDB data

 High:

• #CVE-2017-7843: Web worker in Private Browsing mode can write IndexedDB data
• #CVE-2017-7844: Visited history information leak through SVG image

Fixed

• Fix a video color distortion issue on YouTube and other video sites with some AMD devices (bug 1417442)
  
• Fix an issue with prefs.js when the profile path has non-ascii characters (bug 1420427)
  
• Various security fixes
  
• Google map crashes on OSX with Intel HD Graphics 3000
  

Changed

• Block injection of a client library associated with the RealPlayer Free player which is known to cause performance problems in Firefox. (Bug 1418535)
  

Update:

To get the update now, select "Help" from the Firefox menu, 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.

References

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

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