It's a JIT bug, you can see the fix here: https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/99a829d2...
If the bug is really that old, it's certainly possible it might have been abused in the wild, perhaps in more ways than the just the "targeted attacks" mentioned the report.
[1] https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/99a829d2...
[2] https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/6bfcb81d...
simple code best code, the less opportunity you give people to shoot themselves in the foot the better