NULL pointer dereference in Firefox for Android and Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2026-2805

 

NULL pointer dereference in Firefox for Android and Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2026-2805

Published: February 25, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU123242
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-2805
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the DOM: Core & HTML component. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and crash the browser. 


Affected software

Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Anolis OS
Mozilla Thunderbird
firefox

How to mitigate CVE-2026-2805

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
firefox - update to 140.8.0-1

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