Use-after-free in Firefox for Android and Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2026-2799

 

Use-after-free in Firefox for Android and Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2026-2799

Published: February 25, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU123236
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-2799
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the DOM: Core & HTML component. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and execute arbitrary code on the system.


Affected software

Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2026-2799

Install updates from vendor's website.

Firefox for Android - update to 148.0
Mozilla Firefox - update to 148.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 148.0

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