To get the update now, select 'Help' from the Firefox menu at the upper left of the browser window, then pick 'About Firefox.' Mac users need to select 'About Firefox' from the Firefox menu. As with version 15, there the update includes a long list of Bug Fixes, referenced below. The Release Notes include additional changes and fixed features in version 16. NEW - Acholi and Kazakh localizations added.NEW - Initial web app support (Windows/Mac/Linux.NEW - Firefox on Mac OS X now has preliminary VoiceOver support turned on by default.Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:16.0/ rv:10.0.8) Select element persistance allows for attacks Some DOMWindowUtils methods bypass security checksĬontinued access to initial origin after setting document.domain GetProperty function can bypass security checksĬrash with invalid cast when using instanceof operatorĭOS and crash with full screen and history navigation Top object and location property accessible by plugins Spoofing and script injection through location.hashĬhrome Object Wrapper (COW) does not disallow acces to privileged functions or properties Use-after-free, buffer overflow, and out of bounds read issues found using Address Sanitizer

Heap memory corruption issues found using Address Sanitizer Included in the update are eleven (11) critical and three (3) high security updates.īased on the extensive list of security updates, it is recommended that the update be applied as soon as possible. Firefox 16 was sent to the release channel today by Mozilla.

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