Linuxsecurity Critical Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in Slackware 15.0 Mozilla Products
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Slackware 15.0 has released updates for Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox to address critical heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the libvpx library. The updates include mozilla-thunderbird-140.7.2esr and mozilla-firefox-140.7.1esr, which are crucial for maintaining security in affected systems. Users are advised to upgrade to the latest versions to mitigate potential risks.
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2026-02-16
Slackware 15.0 updates released for Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox
2026-02-16
Security fix details published in Slackware ChangeLog
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