Use-after-free in Mozilla products - CVE-2026-117872
Published: October 27, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU158071
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-117872
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to potentially cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in the JavaScript standard library when processing script operations. A remote attacker can supply crafted script content to trigger access to freed memory and potentially crash the browser.
Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
How to mitigate CVE-2026-117872
Install security update from vendor's website.
Mozilla Firefox - update to 159.0
Firefox for Android - update to 159.0
Firefox ESR - addressed in versions 115.44.0, 153.6.0
Firefox for Android - update to 159.0
Firefox ESR - addressed in versions 115.44.0, 153.6.0