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Critical 9.8Published Feb 24, 2026
CVE-2026-2799Use-after-free in the DOM: Core & HTML component.
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Use-after-free in the DOM: Core & HTML component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
mozilla firefox mozilla:firefox | before 148.0 | NVD |
mozilla thunderbird mozilla:thunderbird | before 148.0 | NVD |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2014551permissions-required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-13/vendor-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-16/vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2799
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2442303
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-2799.json
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