14 DAY TRIAL // Mozilla has just updated its popular Firefox web browser application for all supported computer operating systems, including GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows. The new stable release is now Mozilla Firefox 36.0.3 and you should receive it via the built-in updater tool of the software.
This is the third point release of the Mozilla Firefox 36.0 web browser, which was unveiled to users worldwide on February 24. The new maintenance version fixes a total of eight security vulnerabilities which have been disclosed during the awesome Pwn2Own contest that takes place these days.
Among the security fixes implemented in Mozilla Firefox 36.0.3, we can mention simplified GeckoEditable exception messages, a null JSONObject will no longer be used in the SiteIdentity.update() function, Message instances won't be recycled anymore, and mozharness.json has been updated to revision 75c435ef19ca.
Moreover, the robocop chunking has been updated to fix rc10, chunks have been increased for Android 2.3 mochitest-gl, the broke mixed content shield notification has been fixed, and the browser won't load other pages while doing scroll-to-anchor.
Download Mozilla Firefox 36.0.3 for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating systems right now from Softpedia. Pwn2Own 2015 is a hacking competition hosted by HP’s Zero Day Initiative and Google’s Project Zero.
Update: Mozilla released Firefox 36.0.4 immediately after announcing version 36.0.3 to fix a privilege escalation through SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) navigation. Once again, all users are urged to updated to Mozilla Firefox 36.0.4 as soon as possible.