Mozilla Firefox Version 82.0 Released With Security Updates

[Corrine]

Mozilla sent Firefox Version 82.0 to the release channel today.  The update includes seven security updates of which four (4) are rated high, two (2) moderate and one (1) rated low.

Firefox ESR was updated to Version 68.4 78.4.

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.

Security Updates
Release Notes

[plodr]

Firefox ESR was updated to Version 68.4

Make that 78.4

[Corrine]

Thanks, plodr.  I seem to be having problems with typos these days.  :)

[Corrine]

Mozilla slows Firefox 82 update due to printing issues, crashes:

Mozilla has slowed the rollout of Firefox 82 just two days after its release due to printing bugs and crashes in the new version.

[winchester73]

Version 82.0.1 offered to Release channel users on 27 October 2020

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/82.0.1/releasenotes/

[Corrine]

At the time of this posting, there is no update to Firefox ESR.

Fixed

• Avoid an unnecessary prompt to reboot when using the full installer on Windows (bug 1671715)
  
• Restored the ability to print on paper whose width or height is larger than 100 inches, e.g. for receipts (bug 1672370)
  
• Fixed printing of documents with margins of zero, e.g. some PDFs (bug 1672529)
  
• Fixed handling of the WebDriver:ClickElement command in the marionette testing framework (bug 1666755)
  
• Stability fix (bug 1660539)

[Aaron Hulett]

Yeah... go check regardless of what it says.

[winchester73]

Version 82.0.2 released just now ... bug fix: Fixed duplication of WebSocket messages in certain cases (bug 1673340)

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/82.0.2/releasenotes/