Firefox 131.0.3 patches several issues, including system crashes for Avast and AVG users
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Released yesterday, the third point update for Firefox 131 follows last week's critical security update, which addressed a critical flaw. Now, Firefox 131.0.3 comes to fix no less than five problems, including a crash that occurred when AVG and Avast Windows users visited certain websites.
On October 9, Firefox 131.0.2 arrived with a fix for a flaw that allowed remote attackers to exploit a use-after-free in animation timelines. Yesterday, Firefox 131.0.3 arrived across all desktop platforms to iron out no less than five problems. Thankfully, none of these issues is considered critical, although their effects could be quite annoying.
Without further ado, these are the problems that will go away after updating Mozilla Firefox to version 131.0.3 on Linux, macOS, and Windows machines:
Some users were not able to access the Bill Pay portion of their bank's website.
YouTube VR180/VR360 videos were not rendering as they should have.
Avast and AVG users were experiencing crashes on Windows when visiting certain websites.
The "List all tabs" button was unmovable from the toolbar in certain situations.
A security vulnerability ranked as having a high impact by Mozilla. An attacker could have caused an exploitable crash by manipulating the selection node cache.
While these issues might not be affecting a significant number of users, it is a good idea to update as soon as possible. If the automatic update hasn't kicked in yet or is disabled, checking for an update can be easily done by going to the Help menu and visiting the About Firefox section.
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