* Better recommendations: You may see suggestions in regular browsing
mode for new and relevant Firefox features, services, and extensions
based on how you use the web (for US users only)
* Enhanced tab management: You can now select multiple tabs from the
tab bar and close, move, bookmark, or pin them quickly and easily
* Easier performance management: The new Task Manager page found at
about:performance lets you see how much energy each open tab consumes
and provides access to close tabs to conserve power
* Improved performance for Mac and Linux users, by enabling link time
optimization (Clang LTO).
* Added option to remove add-ons using the context menu on their
toolbar buttons
* RSS feed preview and live bookmarks are available only via add-ons
* TLS certificates issued by Symantec are no longer trusted by Firefox.
Website operators are strongly encouraged to replace any remaining
Symantec TLS certificates as soon as possible
MFSA 2018-29 (bsc#1119105)
* CVE-2018-12407 bmo#1505973
Buffer overflow with ANGLE library when using VertexBuffer11 module
* CVE-2018-17466 bmo#1488295
Buffer overflow and out-of-bounds read in ANGLE library with
TextureStorage11
* CVE-2018-18492 bmo#1499861
Use-after-free with select element
* CVE-2018-18493 bmo#1504452
Buffer overflow in accelerated 2D canvas with Skia
* CVE-2018-18494 bmo#1487964
Same-origin policy violation using location attribute and
performance.getEntries to steal cross-origin URLs
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=699
* Games using WebGL (created in Unity) get stuck after very short
time of gameplay (bmo#1502748)
* Slow page loading for some users with specific proxy configurations
(bmo#1495024)
* Disable HTTP response throttling by default for causing bugs with
videos in background tabs (bmo#1503354)
* Opening magnet links no longer works (bmo#1498934)
* Crash fixes (bmo#1498510, bmo#1503424)
- removed mozilla-newer-cbindgen.patch; no longer needed
- requires rust-cbindgen >= 0.6.2 to build
- requires nodejs >= 8.11 to build
- added mozilla-newer-cbindgen.patch to fix build with cbindgen 0.6.7
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=694
* Snippets are not loaded due to missing element (bmo#1503047)
* Print preview always shows 30& scale when it is actually
Shrink To Fit (bmo#1501952)
* Dialog displayed when closing multiple windows shows unreplaced
%1$S placeholder in Japanese and potentially other locales
(bmo#1500823)
MFSA 2018-26 (bsc#1112852)
* CVE-2018-12391 (bmo#1478843) (Android-only)
HTTP Live Stream audio data is accessible cross-origin
* CVE-2018-12392 (bmo#1492823)
Crash with nested event loops
* CVE-2018-12393 (bmo#1495011) (only affects non-64-bit archs)
Integer overflow during Unicode conversion while loading JavaScript
* CVE-2018-12395 (bmo#1467523)
WebExtension bypass of domain restrictions through header rewriting
* CVE-2018-12396 (bmo#1483602)
WebExtension content scripts can execute in disallowed contexts
* CVE-2018-12397 (bmo#1487478)
Missing warning prompt when WebExtension requests local file access
* CVE-2018-12398 (bmo#1460538, bmo#1488061)
CSP bypass through stylesheet injection in resource URIs
* CVE-2018-12399 (bmo#1490276)
Spoofing of protocol registration notification bar
* CVE-2018-12400 (bmo#1448305) (Android only)
Favicons are cached in private browsing mode on Firefox for Android
* CVE-2018-12401 (bmo#1422456)
DOS attack through special resource URI parsing
* CVE-2018-12402 (bmo#1469916)
SameSite cookies leak when pages are explicitly saved
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=692
* WebExtensions now run in their own process on Linux
* The Ctrl+Tab shortcut now displays thumbnail previews of your
tabs and cycles through tabs in recently used order. This new
default behavior is activated only in new profiles and can be
changed in preferences.
* Added support for Web Components custom elements and shadow DOM
- requires NSPR 4.20, NSS 3.39 and Rust 1.28
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=691
* Performance enhancements
* Various improvements for dark theme support will provide a more
consistent experience across the entire Firefox UI
* OpenSearch plugins offered by web pages can now be added from the
page action menu for easier installation
* Improved support for allowing WebExtensions to manage and hide tabs
- requires NSS 3.37.3
- requires python >= 3.5 to build
- removed obsolete patches
mozilla-i586-DecoderDoctorLogger.patch
mozilla-i586-domPrefs.patch
mozilla-fix-skia-aarch64.patch
mozilla-bmo1375074.patch
mozilla-enable-csd.patch
- patch for new no-return warnings (mozilla-no-return.patch)
- do not disable system installed locales (mozilla-bmo1464766.patch)
- Add conditional for pkgconfig(gconf-2.0) BuildRequires, and pass
conditional --disable-gconf to configure: no longer pull in
obsolete gconf2 for Tumbleweed.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=673
* Avoid overly long cycle collector pauses with some add-ons installed
(bmo#1449033)
* After unckecking the "Sponsored Stories" option, the New Tab page
now immediately stops displaying "Sponsored content" cards (bmo#1458906)
* On touchscreen devices, fixed momentum scrolling on non-zoomable pages
(bmo#1457743)
* Use the right default background when opening tabs or windows in
high contrast mode (bmo#1458956)
* Restored translations of the Preferences panels when using a
language pack (bmo#1461590)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=661
* Added a policy engine that allows customized Firefox deployments
in enterprise environments, using Windows Group Policy or a
cross-platform JSON file
* Applied Quantum CSS to render browser UI
* Added support for Web Authentication, allowing the use of USB
tokens for authentication to web sites
* Locale added: Occitan (oc)
- removed obsolete patches
0001-Bug-1435695-WebRTC-fails-to-build-with-GCC-8-r-dmino.patch
- requires NSPR 4.19 and NSS 3.36.1
- requires rust 1.24 or higher
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=655
* Invalid page rendering with hardware acceleration enabled (bmo#1435472)
* Browser keyboard shortcuts (eg copy Ctrl+C) don't work on sites
that use those keys with resistFingerprinting enabled (bmo#1433592)
* High CPU / memory churn caused by third-party software on some
computers (bmo#1446280)
* Users who have configured an "automatic proxy configuration URL"
and want to reload their proxy settings from the URL will find
the Reload button disabled in the Connection Settings dialog when
they select Preferences/Options>Network Proxy>Settings... (bmo#1445991)
* URL Fragment Identifiers Break Service Worker Responses (bmo#1443850)
* User's trying to cancel a print around the time it completes will
continue to get intermittent crashes (bmo#1441598)
MFSA 2018-10 (bsc#1087059)
* CVE-2018-5148 (bmo#1440717)
Use-after-free in compositor
- removed obsolete patch mozilla-bmo1446062.patch
* mozilla-i586-domPrefs.patch - DOMPrefs.h
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=642
MFSA 2018-05
* Arbitrary code execution through unsanitized browser UI (bmo#1432966)
- fixed language packs (boo#1077590)
- readd mozilla-enable-csd.patch as it only lands for FF59 upstream
- allow larger number of nested elements (mozilla-bmo256180.patch)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=630
* Firefox Quantum
* Photon UI
* Unified address and search bar
* AMD VP9 hardware video decoder support
* Added support for Date/Time input
* stricter security sandbox blocking filesystem reading and
writing on Linux systems
* middle mouse paste in the content area no longer navigates to
URLs by default on Unix systems
MFSA 2017-24
* CVE-2017-7828 (bmo#1406750. bmo#1412252)
Use-after-free of PressShell while restyling layout
* CVE-2017-7830 (bmo#1408990)
Cross-origin URL information leak through Resource Timing API
* CVE-2017-7831 (bmo#1392026)
Information disclosure of exposed properties on JavaScript proxy
objects
* CVE-2017-7832 (bmo#1408782)
Domain spoofing through use of dotless 'i' character followed
by accent markers
* CVE-2017-7833 (bmo#1370497)
Domain spoofing with Arabic and Indic vowel marker characters
* CVE-2017-7834 (bmo#1358009)
data: URLs opened in new tabs bypass CSP protections
* CVE-2017-7835 (bmo#1402363)
Mixed content blocking incorrectly applies with redirects
* CVE-2017-7836 (bmo#1401339)
Pingsender dynamically loads libcurl on Linux and OS X
* CVE-2017-7837 (bmo#1325923)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=610
* Disable Form Autofill completely on user request (bmo#1404531)
* Fix for video-related crashes on Windows 7 (bmo#1409141)
* Correct detection for 64-bit GSSAPI authentication (bmo#1409275)
* Fix for shutdown crash (bmo#1404105)
- update to Firefox 56.0.1
* Block D3D11 when using Intel drivers on Windows 7 systems with
partial AVX support (bmo#1403353)
-> just to sync the version number
- enable stylo for TW (requires LLVM >= 3.9)
- queue KDE filepicker requests to avoid non-opening file dialogs
happening in certain situations (contributed by Ignaz Forster)
- the placeholder dot in KDE file dialog in case of empty filenames
was removed, apparently not required (anymore)
(contributed by Ignaz Forster)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=609
* Fix an issue with addons when using a path containing non-ascii
characters (bmo#1389160)
* Fix file uploads to some websites, including YouTube (bmo#1383518)
- fix Google API key build integration
- add mozilla-ucontext.patch to fix Tumbleweed build
- do not enable XINPUT2 for now (boo#1053959)
- update to Firefox 55.0.1
* Fix a regression the tab restoration process (bmo#1388160)
* Fix a problem causing What's new pages not to be displayed (bmo#1386224)
* Fix a rendering issue with some PKCS#11 libraries (bmo#1388370)
* Disable the predictor prefetch (bmo#1388160)
- update to Firefox 55.0 (boo#1052829)
* Browsing sessions with a high number of tabs are now restored
in an instant
* Sidebar (bookmarks, history, synced tabs) can now be moved to
the right edge of the window
* Fine-tune your browser performance from the Preferences/Options page.
* Make screenshots of webpages, and save them locally or upload
them to the cloud. This feature will undergo A/B testing and
will not be visible for some users.
* Added Belarusian (be) locale
* Simplify print jobs from within print preview
* Use virtual reality devices with the web with the introduction
of WebVR
* Search suggestions are now enabled by default for users who
haven't explicitly opted-out
* Search with any installed search engine directly from the
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=601
MFSA 2017-19
* CVE-2017-7798 (bmo#1371586, bmo#1372112)
XUL injection in the style editor in devtools
* CVE-2017-7800 (bmo#1374047)
Use-after-free in WebSockets during disconnection
* CVE-2017-7801 (bmo#1371259)
Use-after-free with marquee during window resizing
* CVE-2017-7784 (bmo#1376087)
Use-after-free with image observers
* CVE-2017-7802 (bmo#1378147)
Use-after-free resizing image elements
* CVE-2017-7785 (bmo#1356985)
Buffer overflow manipulating ARIA attributes in DOM
* CVE-2017-7786 (bmo#1365189)
Buffer overflow while painting non-displayable SVG
* CVE-2017-7753 (bmo#1353312)
Out-of-bounds read with cached style data and pseudo-elements#
* CVE-2017-7787 (bmo#1322896)
Same-origin policy bypass with iframes through page reloads
* CVE-2017-7807 (bmo#1376459)
Domain hijacking through AppCache fallback
* CVE-2017-7792 (bmo#1368652)
Buffer overflow viewing certificates with an extremely long OID
* CVE-2017-7804 (bmo#1372849)
Memory protection bypass through WindowsDllDetourPatcher
* CVE-2017-7791 (bmo#1365875)
Spoofing following page navigation with data: protocol and modal alerts
* CVE-2017-7782 (bmo#1344034)
WindowsDllDetourPatcher allocates memory without DEP protections
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=598
MFSA 2017-16
* CVE-2017-5472 (bmo#1365602)
Use-after-free using destroyed node when regenerating trees
* CVE-2017-7749 (bmo#1355039)
Use-after-free during docshell reloading
* CVE-2017-7750 (bmo#1356558)
Use-after-free with track elements
* CVE-2017-7751 (bmo#1363396)
Use-after-free with content viewer listeners
* CVE-2017-7752 (bmo#1359547)
Use-after-free with IME input
* CVE-2017-7754 (bmo#1357090)
Out-of-bounds read in WebGL with ImageInfo object
* CVE-2017-7755 (bmo#1361326)
Privilege escalation through Firefox Installer with same
directory DLL files (Windows only)
* CVE-2017-7756 (bmo#1366595)
Use-after-free and use-after-scope logging XHR header errors
* CVE-2017-7757 (bmo#1356824)
Use-after-free in IndexedDB
* CVE-2017-7778, CVE-2017-7778, CVE-2017-7771, CVE-2017-7772,
CVE-2017-7773, CVE-2017-7774, CVE-2017-7775, CVE-2017-7776,
CVE-2017-7777
Vulnerabilities in the Graphite 2 library
* CVE-2017-7758 (bmo#1368490)
Out-of-bounds read in Opus encoder
* CVE-2017-7760 (bmo#1348645)
File manipulation and privilege escalation via callback parameter
in Mozilla Windows Updater and Maintenance Service (Windows only)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=594
* Use Nirmala UI as fallback font for additional Indic languages (bmo#1342787)
* Fix loading tab icons on session restore (bmo#1338009)
* Fix a crash on startup on Linux (bmo#1345413)
* Fix new installs erroneously not prompting to change the default
browser setting (bmo#1343938)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=581
* requires NSS >= 3.28.3
* Pages containing insecure password fields now display a warning
directly within username and password fields.
* Windows 8 touch screen support for multiprocess Firefox
* Send and open a tab from one device to another with Sync
* Removed NPAPI support for plugins other than Flash. Silverlight,
Java, Acrobat and the like are no longer supported.
* Removed Battery Status API to reduce fingerprinting of users by
trackers
- removed obsolete patches
* mozilla-binutils-visibility.patch
* mozilla-check_return.patch
* mozilla-disable-skia-be.patch
* mozilla-skia-overflow.patch
* mozilla-skia-ppc-endianess.patch
- rebased patches
- enable rust usage for Tumbleweed
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=572
* requires NSPR >= 4.13.1, NSS >= 3.28.1
* Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) playback
* Added support for WebGL 2
* Added Georgian (ka) and Kabyle (kab) locales
* Support saving passwords for forms without 'submit' events
* Improved video performance for users without GPU acceleration
* Zoom indicator is shown in the URL bar if the zoom level is not
at default level
* View passwords from the prompt before saving them
* Remove Belarusian (be) locale
* Use Skia for content rendering (Linux)
* MFSA 2017-01
CVE-2017-5375: Excessive JIT code allocation allows bypass of
ASLR and DEP (bmo#1325200, boo#1021814)
CVE-2017-5376: Use-after-free in XSL (bmo#1311687, boo#1021817)
CVE-2017-5377: Memory corruption with transforms to create
gradients in Skia (bmo#1306883, boo#1021826)
CVE-2017-5378: Pointer and frame data leakage of Javascript objects
(bmo#1312001, bmo#1330769, boo#1021818)
CVE-2017-5379: Use-after-free in Web Animations
(bmo#1309198,boo#1021827)
CVE-2017-5380: Potential use-after-free during DOM manipulations
(bmo#1322107, boo#1021819)
CVE-2017-5390: Insecure communication methods in Developer Tools
JSON viewer (bmo#1297361, boo#1021820)
CVE-2017-5389: WebExtensions can install additional add-ons via
modified host requests (bmo#1308688, boo#1021828)
CVE-2017-5396: Use-after-free with Media Decoder
(bmo#1329403, boo#1021821)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=567
* requires NSS 3.26.2
new features
* Updates to keyboard shortcuts
Set a preference to have Ctrl+Tab cycle through tabs in recently
used order
View a page in Reader Mode by using Ctrl+Alt+R
* Added option to Find in page that allows users to limit search to
whole words only
* Added download protection for a large number of executable file
types on Windows, Mac and Linux
* Fixed rendering of dashed and dotted borders with rounded corners
(border-radius)
* Added a built-in Emoji set for operating systems without native
Emoji fonts (Windows 8.0 and lower and Linux)
* Blocked versions of libavcodec older than 54.35.1
* additional locale
security fixes:
* MFSA 2016-89
CVE-2016-5296: Heap-buffer-overflow WRITE in rasterize_edges_1
(bmo#1292443)
CVE-2016-5292: URL parsing causes crash (bmo#1288482)
CVE-2016-5293: Write to arbitrary file with updater and moz
maintenance service using updater.log hardlink
(Windows only) (bmo#1246945)
CVE-2016-5294: Arbitrary target directory for result files of
update process (Windows only) (bmo#1246972)
CVE-2016-5297: Incorrect argument length checking in Javascript
(bmo#1303678)
CVE-2016-9064: Addons update must verify IDs match between
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=555
* Enable VP9 video codec for users with fast machines
* Embedded YouTube videos now play with HTML5 video if Flash is
not installed
* View and search open tabs from your smartphone or another
computer in a sidebar
* Allow no-cache on back/forward navigations for https resources
security fixes:
* MFSA 2016-49/CVE-2016-2815/CVE-2016-2818
(boo#983638)
(bmo#1241896, bmo#1242798, bmo#1243466, bmo#1245743,
bmo#1264300, bmo#1271037, bmo#1234147, bmo#1256493,
bmo#1256739, bmo#1256968, bmo#1261230, bmo#1261752,
bmo#1263384, bmo#1264575, bmo#1265577, bmo#1267130,
bmo#1269729, bmo#1273202, bmo#1273701)
Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:47.0 / rv:45.2)
* MFSA 2016-50/CVE-2016-2819 (boo#983655) (bmo#1270381)
Buffer overflow parsing HTML5 fragments
* MFSA 2016-51/CVE-2016-2821 (bsc#983653) (bmo#1271460)
Use-after-free deleting tables from a contenteditable document
* MFSA 2016-52/CVE-2016-2822 (boo#983652) (bmo#1273129)
Addressbar spoofing though the SELECT element
* MFSA 2016-53/CVE-2016-2824 (boo#983651) (bmo#1248580)
Out-of-bounds write with WebGL shader
* MFSA 2016-54/CVE-2016-2825 (boo#983649) (bmo#1193093)
Partial same-origin-policy through setting location.host
through data URI
* MFSA 2016-56/CVE-2016-2828 (boo#983646) (bmo#1223810)
Use-after-free when textures are used in WebGL operations
after recycle pool destruction
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=518
