If you use Mozilla Firefox, you better install the latest update for your browser as quickly as possible.
If you use Firefox, you better update it to the latest version as soon as possible. Mozilla has released a small update under version 131.0.2, but it is an important one as it fixes a critical security vulnerability that allows malicious code execution on unpatched systems. The worst part is that the vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild.
The security issue in question was discovered by Damien Schaeffer from ESET. It is a use-after-free type of vulnerability, which occurs when a program continues to access a certain memory location after it was deallocated (freed).
