Firefox 120.0.1 and Chrome 119.0.6045.199 Updates Corrected

The latest version of Firefox, 120.0.1, has addressed several issues. The release notes can be found here.

  • An error that caused a slowdown in the launch process has been resolved. More details can be found here.
  • A problem that caused 100% CPU load when opening certain websites, including Google Maps, has been fixed. The bug report can be accessed here.
  • A green screen issue that occurred when attempting to watch YouTube videos with hardware acceleration of video decoding has been resolved. More information is available here.
  • A bug related to playing videos in full-screen mode has been addressed. Additional details can be found here.
  • An emergency crash during the launch on Linux systems with Aarch64 architecture and non-4KB page memory size has been eliminated. For more information, refer to the bug report here.

In addition, the latest update of Chrome, version 119.045.199, has fixed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-6345) that was actively exploited by attackers. The official release blog post can be found here. The vulnerability has also been patched in version 118.0.5993.159 of the extended stable branch as stated here.

Although the specifics of the zero-day vulnerability are undisclosed, it is related to an integer overflow in the 2D Skia library. The updated version of Chrome also addresses other vulnerabilities, including a buffer overflow

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