Report: Firefox Buggier, But Issued Fixes Quicker
According to a new report, Mozilla reported more vulnerabilities in Firefox last year than IE, Safari, and Opera combined. Although Firefox reported four times as many flaws as IE, the silver lining is that the company is faster at fixing those flaws than Microsoft.
According to a new report, Mozilla reported more vulnerabilities in Firefox last year than IE, Safari, and Opera combined. Although Firefox reported four times as many flaws as IE, the silver lining is that the company is faster at fixing those flaws than Microsoft.
Firefox had 115 reported flaws in 2008, nearly four times as many as every other popular browser, and nearly twice as many as Microsoft and Apple combined, according to browser vulnerability research (PDF) released this week. In comparison, Microsoft reported 31 flaws in IE, Apple reported 32 in Safari, and Opera reported 30.
