# MA-413.092014: MyCERT Advisory - Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox and Thunderbird

**Date:** 08 Sep 2014  
**Source:** https://www.mycert.org.my/portal/advisory?id=MA-413.092014  
**Advisory ID:** MA-413.092014

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**1.0 Introduction**
The Mozilla Foundation has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Firefox and Thunderbird. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, or cause and exploitable crash. Mozilla users are encouraged to review the Security Advisories for those Mozilla vulnerabilities products (Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird) to determine which updates should be applied to mitigate these risks.
**2.0 Impact**
An attacker who successfully exploits these vulnerabilities can use to produce an exploitable crash or execute arbitrary code.
**3.0 Affected Products**
The detail lists of the Mozilla products updates are as below:
- Firefox 32
- Firefox ESR 24.8
- Firefox ESR 31.1
- Thunderbird 24.8
- Thunderbird 31.1
**4.0 Recommendation**
MyCERT highly recommended users of these applications to upgrade to the latest version of the affected products. The following updates are available:
**4.1 Mozilla Firefox 32**
Advisories can be referred at:
<https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html>
Can be downloaded at:
<https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/new/>
**4.2 Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.8 and 31.1**
Advisories can be referred at:
<https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefoxESR.html>
Can be downloaded at:
<https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/>
**4.3 Mozilla Thunderbird 24.8 and 31.1**
Advisories can be referred at:
<https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird.html>
Can be downloaded at:
<https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/thunderbird/>
Generally, MyCERT advises the users of this software to be updated with the latest security announcements by the vendor and follow best practice security policies to determine which updates should be applied.
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**5.0 References**
- Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox and Thunderbird
- <https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2014/09/03/Mozilla-Releases-Security-Updates-Firefox-and-Thunderbird>
- Mozilla Releases Critical Security Updates for Firefox and Thunderbird
- <https://blogs.comodo.com/pc-security/mozilla-releases-critical-security-updates/>