Use-after-free in Mozilla products - CVE-2026-74936

 

Use-after-free in Mozilla products - CVE-2026-74936

Published: August 18, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU144058
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-2026-74936
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in the JavaScript: WebAssembly component when processing crafted web content. A remote attacker can cause the browser to handle specially crafted web content to execute arbitrary code.

User interaction is required to visit a specially crafted website or URL.


Affected software

Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android

How to mitigate CVE-2026-74936

Install security update from vendor's website.

Firefox ESR - addressed in versions 140.14.0, 153.1.0
Firefox for Android - update to 154.0
Mozilla Firefox - update to 154.0

External References

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