My dear -midnight,
How did you know you were so on-topic this time as firefox has been hacked grand time, and everybody should now update firefox to a newer version. The browser was hacked during a hacking tournament:
http://blog.trendmicro.com/results-pwn2own-2017-day-two/ Yes, through that hack it could take over all of your computer. A good lesson to those that won't take your messages seriously sometimes (I never did and was very grateful for your heads-up yesterday, as now I have updated my firefox to version 52.01,
and we all should do so).
The hole was a INTEGER OVERFLOW in CreateImageBitmap. It was not further being disclosed. And what is cause is being described by you, dear -midnight:
An integer overflow in createImageBitmap() was reported through the Pwn2Own contest. The fix for this vulnerability disables the experimental extensions to the createImageBitmap API. This function runs in the content sandbox, requiring a second vulnerability to compromise a user's computer.
Thank you very much for the heads-up on this one
Read ye all:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-08/I write this posting here inside Iridium browser with these extensions enabled uBlock Origin Web Socket, uBlock Origin, uMatrix, Avast extension, advertising blocker Adguard and Bitdefender's TrafficLight. For the moment the wife still uses firefox. I'd go for a more private flaw of Google Chrome, like Epic Privacy Browser, Iridium or Watch. I lost quite some trust in the run of the mill big browsers, they are riddled with Privacy flaws lately and became set out against too many an attack lately.
Thanks again for your awareness, dear -midnight, and how for P3te's & his Cromwellian fathers'sake did you know about this recent hack?
your forum friend,
polonus