Since a few weeks I have been encountering an issue where tabs in Firefox would frequently crash.
I do have various add-ons installed, however I haven't installed any new… (read more)
Since a few weeks I have been encountering an issue where tabs in Firefox would frequently crash.
I do have various add-ons installed, however I haven't installed any new ones around the time the issue has been occurring. I've been unable to track down which add-on or if any add-on might be causing this.
Trying to search for this issue all I could come up with is that it might be an issue of a faulty CPU.
I have an i9-13900KF which has been known to be part of the Intel generation with serious flaws. However I already installed a BIOS update and applied Intel's recommended settings to undervolt the CPU to prevent any issues. This was well before the Firefox tab crashing issue happened. So I'm not sure if it can really be the issue of a faulty CPU, but I've also had issues of other programs randomly crashing recently (like Discord or Steam).
The tab crash can occur on any website, for example Youtube, Duckduckgo, Protonmail, etc.
The crash reason always is either "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION_READ" or just "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION".
The crash also most of the time (but not always) occurs when loading the page itself or a video / live stream on it. But not when browsing an already loaded page (for example this forum post page I'm writing right now).
Here are some of the crash reports I've submitted:
EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION_READ:
https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/60309ae8-8cad-43ac-8b9b-172b10250815
https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/fecef0ab-d874-4cb5-990b-e49650250815
Rather rare "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION":
https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/114b26fa-4e10-442c-bbd5-406630250812
Could someone help me narrow down this issue? Can it really be a faulty CPU and I need to trade mine in?