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Firefox 78.0.2 brings security and screen reader fixes
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Key notes
Userprivacy and securityfeatures were among the key highlights ofFirefox 78.0, which Mozilla released on June 30, 2020. But thebrowserseems to have had a security vulnerability that’s now patched with update Firefox 78.0.2.
Firefox 78.0.2 security patch
Firefox78.0.2fixesa website framing bug.
If a website frames yours, it gets the ability to display your site’s content. But you can use the X-Frame-Options header to prevent other websites from doing that in Firefox.
However, it appears that someone could have used object or embed tags to override X-Frame Options inFirefox.
Mozillaexplains:
Using object or embed tags, it was possible to frame other websites, even if they disallowed framing using the X-Frame-Options header.
Other fixes
Firefoxversion 78.0.2 offers non-security solutions too, including for a screen-reader bug. AsMozillaexplains, the issue made it difficult for readers using the assistive tech to get to the content they want to read.
The reader-mode-processed content appears after the reader mode toolbar in the accessibility tree, which is a problem for screen-reader users because they have to wade through the toolbar (which unfortunately isn’t using the most semantic markup as it is) to get to the content every time.
In addition, the updateresolvesa problem causing an address bar malfunction on macOS. With this issue, the address bar failed to work if you typed something in it and pushed enter to get search results.
Mozilla had linked the problem to a corrupt or locked database, which caused the user’s favorite search engine not to work in the browser. The company then issued update ESR 78.0.1 to fix the bug on macOS, but that didn’t work.
Hopefully,Firefox78.0.2 settles the address bar issue once and for all.
Alsoavailableis a patch for a problem whereby, if you received aMicrosoft Teamslink by email, you couldn’t open it inFirefox. The bug originated with theFirefoxESR 78.0.1 update.
How’s your experience withFirefox78.0 so far? You may let us know via the comments section below.
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