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macnn.com - 9/25/2008

Mozilla, Apple fix potential graphics exploit

— macnn.com — Crash errors in Mozilla's Firefox browser have been fixed with help from Apple, the organization says. Bugs in earlier versions of Firefox 3 were said to have been crashing the software, sometimes generating memory corruption at the same time; Mozilla ... (more) Mozilla, Apple fix potential graphics exploit

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