Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Pale Moon Version 29.4.4 Released with Security Updates

     

Pale Moon

Pale Moon has been updated to version 29.4.4.  This is a security update. 

Linux versions will follow shortly.

Changes/fixes:

  • Improved application library loading security. DiD
  • Fixed an issue in JavaScript serialization. DiD
  • Fixed a potential out-of-bounds issue in IndexedDB. DiD
  • Fixed a potential issue in widget data handling code. DiD
  • Fixed potentially exploitable crashes in handling truncated/corrupt media files or streams.
  • Fixed an issue in the DOM FileReader code.
  • Updated NSS to 3.52.3 to address a security issue.
  • Fixed the following security issues: CVE-2022-22736, CVE-2022-22741, CVE-2021-4140, CVE-2022-22746, CVE-2022-22744 and CVE-2022-22747.
  • Unified XUL Platform Mozilla Security Patch Summary: 8 fixed, 4 DiD, 17 not applicable.

*DiD This means that a fix is "Defense-in-Depth": It is a fix that does not apply to a (potentially) actively exploitable vulnerability in Pale Moon, but prevents future vulnerabilities caused by the same code, e.g. when surrounding code changes, exposing the problem, or when new attack vectors are discovered.

Pale Moon includes both 32- and 64-bit versions for Windows:  Pale Moon for Windows downloads.

Update

To get the update now, select "Help" from the Pale Moon menu at the upper left of the browser window.  Select About Pale Moon > Check for Updates.

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