Firefox users, get ready for the Update Available pop-up: New versions for the 3.0 and 3.5 browser lines that fix critical security holes are now available.

One serious bug in the “BrowserFeedWriter” could be hit with malicious Javascript code to run an attacker’s command with elevated privileges. A second critical TreeColumns dangling pointer vulnerability, along with a third set of critical issues in the browser engine, could allow a bad guy to crash Firefox and run “arbitrary code,” which might be to install malware, on a vulnerable computer.

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