Java 7 Update Notification Now Live
A serious Java vulnerability was made public earlier this week, which is being actively exploited by attackers. Oracle released an update that fixed this vulnerability today, so we are now … Read more
Articles from August, 2012
Test your add-ons for memory leakage
The most common type of add-on memory leakage is Zombie Compartments, where an add-on accidentally holds on to parts of a web site in memory after a tab is closed, and … Read more
Add-on Compatibility for Firefox 15
Firefox 15 will be released tomorrow (sorry for the late post!). Here’s a list of changes that went into Firefox 15 that can affect add-on compatibility. There is more information … Read more
Blocking old versions of Silverlight on Mac OS X
Old versions of the Silverlight plugin for Mac OS X have been added to the Firefox add-on blocklist. We did this because these versions of the plugin are causing instability … Read more
Jetpack Project: weekly update for August 21, 2012
Project News The Jetpack team is gathering for a work week next week, so the usual Tuesday morning meeting is cancelled. If you are attending Mozcamp in Warsaw next week … Read more
Exposing add-on objects to content safely
Add-ons often need to interact with page content, and mixing privileged and unprivileged code can be tricky thing to get right without compromising security. Unintentionally exposing privileged objects to web … Read more
Add-ons Update – Week of 2012/08/20
I post these updates every 3 weeks to inform add-on developers about the status of the review queues, add-on compatibility, and other happenings in the add-ons world. The Review Queues … Read more
Jetpack Project: weekly update for August 14, 2012
Project News We currently are experiencing an issue with the AMO validator AMO stemming from last week’s SDK 1.9 release. If you submit an add-on to AMO right now that … Read more
New Java Blocklist
The June 2012 update to the Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) included a patch to correct a critical vulnerability that can permit the loading of arbitrary … Read more