Older versions of minecraft (<1.13) crash instantly (Linux Mint)

I am trying to run older versions of Minecraft, and I'm using the latest launcher on Linux Mint. Any version of Minecraft less than 1.12 crashes instantly. I am then prompted with the "Error: Game crashed" prompt, but clicking "View crash report" does nothing.

Versions I have tried:
1.14 (Optifine) - works
1.14 - works
1.13 - works
1.12 - doesn't work
1.8.9 - doesn't work
1.7.10 - doesn't work