Download UpdateStar News | Firefox 125 update available
Download Free UpdateStar News | Firefox 125 update available
In the new Firefox version 125.0.1, the Mozilla developers have fixed a number of vulnerabilities in the browser. You get a new feature in the PDF viewer, the download protection is improved and the playback of DRM-protected AV1 videos is supported. Updates to Firefox ESR 115.10, Tor Browser 13.0.14 and Thunderbird 115.10 are also available.
Firefox 125.0 was available on the Mozilla server for a short time, but due to a bug it was withdrawn and replaced with version 125.0.1. The developers have fixed at least 15 vulnerabilities. Mozilla classifies at least nine vulnerabilities as high risk in the associated security report.
Most of these concern the JIT (JIT: just in time) compiler for Javascript. Some vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute injected code. There are currently no known attacks on Firefox users. With the menu entry » Help » About Firefox, you can manually start an update check and download the update if necessary.
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Mozilla claims on the What’s New page that Firefox has become up to 25 percent faster in loading times for web pages compared to the beginning of 2023 (Firefox 109). You can now also highlight text in color in the embedded PDF viewer. However, the new feature will only be released gradually – initially only a few Firefox users will receive it.
Support for the modern AV1 codec for DRM-protected videos, for example from streaming services, is already available to everyone. Firefox now blocks downloads from questionable sites in advance. If you copy a URL (web address) to the clipboard (eg from a text file) and click in the Firefox address bar, the browser will offer to paste the URL from the clipboard and open it.
Updates for Firefox ESR, Tor Browser, Thunderbird
Firefox ESR 115 gets an update to version 115.10.0, where the developers have closed nine holes. An update is also available for the Firefox ESR-based Tor browser. The new Tor Browser 13.0.14 (for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android) is based on Firefox 115.10. In the new version 115.10.0 of the Thunderbird email program, the MZLA developers have at least eliminated the vulnerabilities that Thunderbird inherited from Firefox. They have also fixed a number of bugs.
