Mozilla Discovers Security Vulnerability In Firefox 16, Patch Coming Today (Updated: Patch For Android Available For Download)

Posted on Oct 11 2012 - 4:48am by Editorial Staff

It’s only being a day Mozilla launched its new Firefox version, the version 16th, the company confirmed security hole in browser which will lead to have malicious site determining which websites users have visited by accession URL parameters. There are no words or indication that this vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild or not. But, as taking the things to precautionary measures, users can downgrade to version 15.0.1 although the company planning to release a patch today with which users will be automatically upgraded when the latest version is made available. We will keep an eye on this and will inform as soon as company updates.

Update: Mozilla has now released a patch for Android and can be downloaded from Google Play Store.

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