Investigation of the use-after-free vulnerability is ongoing, but users can update the Firefox browser now for a fix.

Yesterday, Mozilla released the Firefox 131.0.2 update in response to reports that Firefox users are actively being hit by a zero-day vulnerability in the browser. Surprisingly, this is the first zero-day vulnerability discovered in Firefox this year.

There have been reports of Firefox users getting hit with a zero-day exploit. Mozilla has now released a patch to fix the vulnerability.

A hacker exploits a Firefox memory glitch to add potentially malicious code. Firefox patches the issue and releases a new software version.

Mozilla has released a Firefox 131 update to resolve CVE-2024-9680, a code execution vulnerability exploited in the wild as a zero-day.

The Mozilla Foundation said Wednesday the hole — CVE-2024-9680 — is already being exploited by a threat actor or actors to run code if a user goes to a malicious website. Administrators who don’t allow auto-updating of browsers or allow employees to update their browsers should act fast.

Security professionals have issued an update warning for Windows users as a critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s configuration manager is confirmed.

No matter the case, all Firefox users should update their browsers as soon as possible to this latest version, 131.0.2, if they haven't done so already. To update your Firefox browser, open the app on your computer,