Ubuntu Security Update USN-6890-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

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Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-6601, CVE-2024-6604, CVE-2024-6607, CVE-2024-6608, CVE-2024-6610, CVE-2024-6611, CVE-2024-6612, CVE-2024-6613, CVE-2024-6614, CVE-2024-6615) It was discovered that Firefox did not properly manage certain memory operations in the NSS. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-6602, CVE-2024-6609) Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory during thread creation. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-6603) It was discovered that Firefox incorrectly handled array accesses in the clipboard component, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2024-6606)

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