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The Zero-Day Vulnerability Affecting Firefox and Tor

In the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, another vulnerability has been discovered in a widely used piece of software - this time, it's affecting the popular web browser, Firefox, and its counterpart, the Tor browser.

Understanding the Use-After-Free Vulnerability

The vulnerability in question is a use-after-free vulnerability, which can be a tricky concept to grasp. In simple terms, a use-after-free vulnerability occurs when a program continues to use a memory location after it has been freed, or deallocated. This can lead to unexpected behavior and, in the worst-case scenario, allow an attacker to execute malicious code on the affected system.

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