Mozilla launches Firefox 1.0.7

Posted on Wednesday, September 21 2005 @ 20:50 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Mozilla has released Firefox 1.0.7, this version issues a bunch of security and stability issues.

Changelog Firefox 1.0.7:

Fix for a potential buffer overflow vulnerability when loading a hostname with all soft-hyphens
Fix to prevent URLs passed from external programs from being parsed by the shell (Linux only)
Fix to prevent a crash when loading a Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) script that uses an "eval" statement
Fix to restore InstallTrigger.getVersion() for Extension authors
Other stability and security fixes

You can download it here.

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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