12-year-old finds critical Firefox flaw, earns $3,000 bounty

The security researcher who found and reported this critical buffer overflow and memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla’s Firefox browser is none other than Alex Miller, a 12-year-old boy who earned a $3,000 bounty for his discovery.

According to the San Jose Mercury News, Miller (right) was motivated to search for Firefox security holes after Mozilla increased its bug bounty from $500 to $3,000.

The seventh grader, described as a “Firefox loyalist,” had previously reported a Firefox vulnerability but that one did not qualify for the cash payout.

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