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Mozilla Fixes Major Firefox Vulnerability, Urges Updates

3/28/2025

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Mozilla has swiftly addressed a serious Firefox vulnerability, CVE-2025-2857, which could have allowed hackers to escape security confines on Windows. This comes on the heels of Google’s fix for a related Chrome issue, CVE-2025-2783, linked to espionage against Russian targets. While there's no indication that the Firefox flaw has been exploited, users are strongly encouraged to update their browsers for better protection.

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Story summary

Mozilla has swiftly addressed a serious Firefox vulnerability, CVE-2025-2857, which could have allowed hackers to escape security confines on Windows. This comes on the heels of Google’s fix for a related Chrome issue, CVE-2025-2783, linked to espionage against Russian targets. While there's no indication that the Firefox flaw has been exploited, users are strongly encouraged to update their browsers for better protection.