14 DAY TRIAL // Mozilla has started the rollout of Firefox 107, another big version of the browser that’s currently considered the only alternative to the invasion of Chromium-powered apps.
Firefox 107 is obviously an important release, and just as expected, it comes with improvements aimed at both Windows 11 and Mac users.
As far as Windows 11 is concerned, Firefox 107 includes good news for computers that have already been updated to the 2022 Update – keep in mind that this version of Windows 11 is now rolling out to users out there, and the general availability is yet to be reached.
The following new features are available in Firefox 107:
- Improved the performance of the instance when Microsoft's IME and Defender retrieve the URL of a focused document in Windows 11 version 22H2.
- Power profiling — visualizing performance data recorded from web browsers — is now also supported on Linux and Mac with Intel CPUs, in addition to Windows 11 and Apple Silicon.
Other than that, the new version of the browser is focused on further polishing and improvements. For instance, the new Firefox update resolves several vulnerabilities in the browser, including seven different security flaws that have been given a high severity rating.
- CVE-2022-45403: Service Workers might have learned size of cross-origin media files
- CVE-2022-45404: Fullscreen notification bypass
- CVE-2022-45405: Use-after-free in InputStream implementation
- CVE-2022-45406: Use-after-free of a JavaScript Realm
- CVE-2022-45407: Loading fonts on workers was not thread-safe
- CVE-2022-45408: Fullscreen notification bypass via windowName
- CVE-2022-45409: Use-after-free in Garbage Collection
According to third-party numbers, Firefox is currently the third most popular browser in the world after Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge – the latter is now offered as the native browser on Windows 10 and Windows 11, so it’s no surprise that its market share increased significantly lately.