Mozilla Firefox Version 89.0.1 Released With Security Update

Mozilla sent Firefox Version 89.0.1 to the release channel today.  The update includes one security update, rated moderate.

 

Moderate

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  #CVE-2021-29968: Out of bounds read when drawing text characters onto a Canvas

Fixed

• Windows: Resolved an issue causing some screen readers to not interact correctly with Firefox anymore (bug 1714212)
• Updated translations, including full Spanish (Mexico) localization and other improvements (bug 1714946)
• Fix various font related regressions (bug 1694174)
• Linux: Fix performance and stability regressions with WebRender (bug 1715895, bug 1715902)
• macOS: Fix screen flickering when scrolling a page on an external monitor (bug 1715452)
• Enterprise: Fix for the DisableDeveloperTools policy not having effect anymore (bug 1715777)
• Linux: Fix broken scrollbars on some GTK themes (bug 1714103)

Update 

To get the update now, select "Help" from the Firefox menu, then pick "About Firefox."  Mac users need to select "About Firefox" from the Firefox menu. If you do not use the English language version, Fully Localized Versions are available for download.

References

• Security Updates
• Release Notes
• Rapid Release Calendar
  
  

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