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		auscompgeek on June 19, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mozilla patches Firefox zero-day abused in the wil... The source code for the fix is public. Presumably the bug report includes working exploit code. I don't see how this is "damaging" for forks.

AnaniasAnanas on June 19, 2019 [–]

It is important to also understand what causes the issue, how it was exploited, etc. Plus I am pretty sure that they had the bug report before the fix was released.

lifthrasiir on June 19, 2019 | [–]

Are there any fork that modifies Firefox so thoroughly that one needs a context to patch SpiderMonkey?

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