New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) After warning customers about bugs in Google Chrome for desktop, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has now cautioned in opposition to a number of vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox merchandise that may let hackers compromise gadgets and programs.

The bugs in Mozilla Firefox browser might enable a distant attacker to bypass safety restrictions, execute arbitrary code and trigger denial of service assault on the focused system, CERT-In mentioned in its newest advisory.

“These vulnerabilities exist in Mozilla Firefox because of abuse of XSLT error dealing with, cross-origin iframe referencing an XSLT doc… that leads to a use-after-free error and reminiscence security bugs throughout the browser engine,” defined the cyber company.

A distant attacker might exploit these vulnerabilities by convincing a sufferer to open a specially-crafted net request.

CERT-In, which comes below the IT Ministry, suggested customers to replace to the newest Mozilla Firefox variations.

CERT-In additionally discovered a vulnerability in open supply coding platform Drupal which might enable an attacker to bypass safety restrictions on the focused system.

“Successful exploitation of this vulnerability might enable an attacker to bypass safety restrictions (leak legitimate fee particulars and settle for invalid fee particulars) on the focused system,” it warned.

Last week, the cyber company had warned customers about a number of vulnerabilities in Google Chrome for desktop that might let risk actors achieve entry to their computer systems.

(Except for the headline, the remainder of this IANS article is un-edited)

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