New Firefox Versions Fixed Stability and Crashing Issue

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6.10 and 3.5.13 just one week after 3.6.9 and 3.5.12, after users reported for sudden crash and stability issues which makes users unable to use the browser. According to the release notes for the new updates read, fixed a single stability issue affecting a limited number of users. The last updates of Firefox 3.6.9 and 3.5.12, the major security upgrades released on September 7, reason for serious system crashes. This left some Firefox users unable to use their browser after upgrading to the latest available version.


After that on September 10, Mozilla suspended update delivery for all users of Firefox 3.1*, 3.5* and 3.6* branches in order to investigate the mysterious crashes. Christian Legnitto, a Mozilla employee, who works on Firefox releases said, "Though this was a spike, the overall 'crashiness' of Firefox 3.6.x has not really increased at all. At about 1k crashes a day, this crash is a drop in the bucket vs active daily users. "But, because it is a crash on startup that could prevent people from using Firefox entirely, we feel it was best to get a fix out quickly".


The temporary update suspension has now been lifted and the new releases should start appearing to users of Firefox 3.6.8 and 3.5.11. It is very important to install these versions because they contain the same security enhancements as the buggy 3.6.9 and 3.5.12. This includes fixes for over a dozen critical vulnerabilities, as well as support for the new X-FRAME-OPTIONS HTTP response header, used to mitigate clickjacking. A patch for a remote binary planting bug is also included. Binary planting or DLL hijacking is a relatively new class of vulnerabilities, which affect hundreds of applications.


Download Latest Fixed Updated Firefox 3.6.10:
Download (for Windows, 8.2 MB)
Download (for Linux, 8.2 MB)
Download (for Mac , 29 MB)