Use-after-free in Mozilla products - CVE-2026-109728
Published: October 16, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU155990
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-2026-109728
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in the DOM: Animation component when processing document animations. A remote attacker can supply crafted web content that triggers access to freed memory to crash the browser or potentially execute arbitrary code.
Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Debian Linux
firefox-esr (Debian package)
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Debian Linux
firefox-esr (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-109728
Install security update from vendor's website.
Mozilla Firefox - update to 158.0
Firefox for Android - update to 158.0
Firefox ESR - addressed in versions 115.43.0, 153.5.0
firefox-esr (Debian package) - update to 153.5.0esr-1~deb13u1
Firefox for Android - update to 158.0
Firefox ESR - addressed in versions 115.43.0, 153.5.0
firefox-esr (Debian package) - update to 153.5.0esr-1~deb13u1