Security News > 2021 > March > New Firefox version fixes Linux crashes, Apple Silicon hangs
Mozilla today started rolling out Firefox 86.0.1 to address a known bug causing the web browser to crash frequently when launched on Linux systems.
While this issue came with a low crash rate on previous Firefox versions, Linux users have started seeing more and more crashes after updating to Firefox 86 last month.
According to Mozilla's software engineers, the startup crashes happen on Linux systems where users have an invalid color profile due to a bug in Mozilla's color management implementation.
Firefox 86.0.1 also fixes another issue impacting Apple Silicon Macs that caused Firefox to be unresponsive after waking the system from sleep or unlocking the screen.
If the links above haven't yet been updated to direct to the latest Firefox version, you can download the browser installer from Mozilla's official release directory.
Firefox 86, the previous version, got a privacy boost with the addition of Total Cookie Protection, a new privacy feature preventing web trackers from keeping tabs on your web browsing activity.