{"id":5232,"date":"2012-08-14T09:43:39","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T16:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=5232"},"modified":"2012-08-14T09:43:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T16:43:39","slug":"new-java-blocklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2012\/08\/14\/new-java-blocklist\/","title":{"rendered":"New Java Blocklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/topics\/security\/javacpujun2012-1515912.html\">June 2012 update<\/a> 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 code on an end-user&#8217;s computer.<\/p>\n<p>This vulnerability\u2014present in the older versions of the JDK and JRE\u2014is actively being exploited, and is a potential risk to users. 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