Adobe, Mozilla Release Security Updates to Address Vulnerabilities

The Mozilla Foundation released security updates Tuesday to address vulnerabilities in Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird, said a notice from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team. U.S.-CERT said the vulnerabilities in Firefox may have let a remote hacker “cause a denial-of-service condition or steal sensitive information." Adobe also released security updates Tuesday for Acrobat, Flash Player and Reader, a U.S.-CERT notice said. It said exploitation of Adobe vulnerabilities may let an attacker take control of an affected system.