Security News > 2020 > May > Firefox 76 Brings Security Patches, Breached Password Alerts
Mozilla this week released Firefox 76 to the stable channel with an updated password manager, alerts for breached passwords, and patches for 11 vulnerabilities.
Starting with the new release, the browser aims to help users better keep their accounts secure and easily generate strong passwords, courtesy of the new Firefox Lockwise password manager.
"Don't worry, Firefox doesn't know your actual passwords. This new feature automatically checks your encrypted list of passwords against the breached website information, helping you to stay on top of your online accounts that may have been compromised," Mozilla explains.
Firefox 76 also arrived with patches for 11 vulnerabilities, including three assessed with a critical severity rating.
The first of the critical bugs is a use-after-free during worker shutdown, which could lead to an exploitable crash, the second is a sandbox escape that impacts Windows only, while the third refers to memory safety bugs in both Firefox 75 and Firefox ESR 68.7.