[tor-bugs] #23930 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor Browser 7.x for Mac crashes at startup

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#23930: Tor Browser 7.x for Mac crashes at startup
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 Reporter:  wga                       |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  High                      |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Major                     |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-crash                 |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by wga):

 Starting firefox binary ends with segfault 11:

 $ /Users/gander/Desktop/TorBrowser.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox
 1508617028000   addons.webextension.<unknown>   WARN    Loading extension
 'null': Reading manifest: Error processing devtools_page: An unexpected
 property was found in the WebExtension manifest.
 1508617028700   addons.webextension.<unknown>   WARN    Loading extension
 'null': Reading manifest: Error processing permissions.1: Unknown
 permission "privacy"
 1508617028700   addons.webextension.<unknown>   WARN    Loading extension
 'null': Reading manifest: Error processing permissions.4: Unknown
 permission "unlimitedStorage"
 1508617029400   addons.webextension.{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}
 WARN    Loading extension '{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}':
 Reading manifest: Error processing permissions.1: Unknown permission
 "privacy"
 1508617029400   addons.webextension.{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}
 WARN    Loading extension '{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}':
 Reading manifest: Error processing permissions.4: Unknown permission
 "unlimitedStorage"
 1508617029400   addons.webextension.https-everywhere-eff at eff.org
 WARN    Loading extension 'https-everywhere-eff at eff.org': Reading
 manifest: Error processing devtools_page: An unexpected property was found
 in the WebExtension manifest.
 Oct 21 22:17:09.451 [notice] Tor 0.3.1.7 (git-6babd3d9ba9318b3) running on
 Darwin with Libevent 2.0.22-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.2k, Zlib 1.2.5, Liblzma
 N/A, and Libzstd N/A.
 Oct 21 22:17:09.477 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn
 how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
 Oct 21 22:17:09.478 [notice] Read configuration file
 "/Users/gander/Desktop/TorBrowser.app/Contents/Resources/TorBrowser/Tor
 /torrc-defaults".
 Oct 21 22:17:09.479 [notice] Read configuration file
 "/Users/gander/Desktop/TorBrowser-Data/Tor/torrc".
 Oct 21 22:17:09.491 [notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9151
 Oct 21 22:17:09.492 [notice] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or
 accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing
 connections.
 Oct 21 22:17:09.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv4 file
 /Users/gander/Desktop/TorBrowser.app/Contents/Resources/TorBrowser/Tor/geoip.
 1508617029500   addons.webextension.https-everywhere-eff at eff.org
 WARN    Please specify whether you want browser_style or not in your
 browser_action options.
 Oct 21 22:17:09.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv6 file
 /Users/gander/Desktop/TorBrowser.app/Contents/Resources/TorBrowser/Tor/geoip6.
 Oct 21 22:17:10.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 0%: Starting
 Oct 21 22:17:10.000 [notice] Delaying directory fetches: DisableNetwork is
 set.
 Oct 21 22:17:10.000 [notice] New control connection opened from 127.0.0.1.
 Oct 21 22:17:10.000 [notice] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or
 accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing
 connections.
 Oct 21 22:17:10.000 [notice] Starting with guard context "default"
 Oct 21 22:17:10.000 [notice] New control connection opened from 127.0.0.1.
 0 migrated.
 Oct 21 22:17:11.000 [notice] Owning controller connection has closed --
 exiting now.
 Oct 21 22:17:11.000 [notice] Catching signal TERM, exiting cleanly.
 Segmentation fault: 11

 I removed the TorBrowser-Data folder, and ran the command again:

 $ /Users/gander/Desktop/TorBrowser.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox
 1508617242700   addons.webextension.<unknown>   WARN    Loading extension
 'null': Reading manifest: Error processing devtools_page: An unexpected
 property was found in the WebExtension manifest.
 1508617243600   addons.webextension.<unknown>   WARN    Loading extension
 'null': Reading manifest: Error processing permissions.1: Unknown
 permission "privacy"
 1508617243600   addons.webextension.<unknown>   WARN    Loading extension
 'null': Reading manifest: Error processing permissions.4: Unknown
 permission "unlimitedStorage"
 1508617243700   addons.xpi-utils        ERROR   Unable to read anything
 useful from the database
 1508617243800   addons.xpi      WARN    Add-on https-everywhere-
 eff at eff.org is missing bootstrap method install
 Oct 21 22:20:44.324 [notice] Tor 0.3.1.7 (git-6babd3d9ba9318b3) running on
 Darwin with Libevent 2.0.22-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.2k, Zlib 1.2.5, Liblzma
 N/A, and Libzstd N/A.
 Oct 21 22:20:44.325 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn
 how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
 Oct 21 22:20:44.325 [notice] Read configuration file
 "/Users/gander/Desktop/TorBrowser.app/Contents/Resources/TorBrowser/Tor
 /torrc-defaults".
 Oct 21 22:20:44.326 [notice] Read configuration file
 "/Users/gander/Desktop/TorBrowser-Data/Tor/torrc".
 Oct 21 22:20:44.330 [notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9151
 Oct 21 22:20:44.330 [notice] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or
 accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing
 connections.
 Oct 21 22:20:44.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv4 file
 /Users/gander/Desktop/TorBrowser.app/Contents/Resources/TorBrowser/Tor/geoip.
 1508617244300   addons.webextension.{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}
 WARN    Loading extension '{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}':
 Reading manifest: Error processing permissions.1: Unknown permission
 "privacy"
 1508617244300   addons.webextension.{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}
 WARN    Loading extension '{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}':
 Reading manifest: Error processing permissions.4: Unknown permission
 "unlimitedStorage"
 Oct 21 22:20:44.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv6 file
 /Users/gander/Desktop/TorBrowser.app/Contents/Resources/TorBrowser/Tor/geoip6.
 Oct 21 22:20:45.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 0%: Starting
 Oct 21 22:20:45.000 [notice] Delaying directory fetches: DisableNetwork is
 set.
 Oct 21 22:20:45.000 [notice] New control connection opened from 127.0.0.1.
 Oct 21 22:20:45.000 [notice] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or
 accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing
 connections.
 Oct 21 22:20:45.000 [notice] Starting with guard context "default"
 Oct 21 22:20:45.000 [notice] New control connection opened from 127.0.0.1.
 1508617245000   addons.webextension.https-everywhere-eff at eff.org
 WARN    Loading extension 'https-everywhere-eff at eff.org': Reading
 manifest: Error processing devtools_page: An unexpected property was found
 in the WebExtension manifest.
 1508617245100   addons.webextension.https-everywhere-eff at eff.org
 WARN    Please specify whether you want browser_style or not in your
 browser_action options.
 0 migrated.
 Segmentation fault: 11

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