Mozilla Firefox is a popular open-source web browser from the Mozilla project.
Invalid assumptions when emitting the the MCallGetProperty opcode in the JavaScript JIT may result in a use-after-free condition.
A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-82.0.3"
All Mozilla Firefox (bin) users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=www-client/firefox-bin-78.4.1:0/esr78"
All Mozilla Firefox (ESR) users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-82.0.3"
All Mozilla Firefox (ESR) bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=www-client/firefox-bin-78.4.1:0/esr78"