Use-after-free in Mozilla products - CVE-2026-117916
Published: October 27, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU158158
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-2026-117916
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 or execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in the XSLT component when processing transformations. A remote attacker can supply crafted content to trigger access to freed memory, potentially causing a crash or code execution.
Affected software
Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
How to mitigate CVE-2026-117916
Install security update from vendor's website.
Firefox ESR - update to 153.6.0
Firefox for Android - update to 159.0
Mozilla Firefox - update to 159.0
Firefox for Android - update to 159.0
Mozilla Firefox - update to 159.0