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Mozilla Firefox CVE-2026-100802

| EUVDEUVD-2026-88955 MEDIUM
Use of Uninitialized Variable (CWE-457)
2026-09-29 mozilla GHSA-vx8q-w997-69pr
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: mozilla
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Host crafted WebGPU web page
  2. Exploit
    Lure victim to load page in Firefox
  3. Execution
    Trigger uninitialized-memory use in WebGPU
  4. Impact
    Cause process crash / availability loss

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Variable initialization checks
Exploitation Conditions

Requires the victim to use the WebGPU feature path in Firefox before version 157 and to visit an attacker-controlled page containing crafted WebGPU content (UI:R - user interaction is mandatory). WebGPU is enabled in modern Firefox but exercising the bug depends on GPU-backed rendering/compute being available and active. Exploitation is limited to an availability impact (process crash/instability per the C:N/I:N/A:L vector); no authentication is required (PR:N) but no code execution or data disclosure is indicated by the vendor scoring.

Impact

This is a genuinely low-priority issue despite being a memory-safety class bug. The Mozilla-assigned CVSS 3.1 vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L, base 4.3) scores confidentiality and integrity as None with only Low availability impact - i.e., a browser tab/process crash, not the RCE outcome of the use-after-free siblings in the same Firefox 157 batch (MFSA2026-97). There is a notable tension worth flagging: CWE-457 (uninitialized memory) combined with the 'Information Disclosure' tag would normally imply a confidentiality impact (C:L), yet Mozilla scored C:N/I:N and only A:L, indicating the uninitialized data is not observed to leak to the attacker but manifests as instability. VERIFY whether any information-disclosure path exists - the tag and vendor vector conflict. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided, so there is no signal of active or imminent exploitation. Exploitation also requires user interaction (UI:R - the victim must load a crafted WebGPU page). Net: a real but minor availability bug, correctly rated ~Medium/Low CVSS, not a security priority beyond routine patching.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts a web page containing crafted WebGPU (GPU shader/compute) content and lures a Firefox user (pre-157) to visit it. The page triggers use of uninitialized memory in the Graphics: WebGPU component, causing a crash or unstable behavior in the affected process. No public exploit code was identified, and the vendor vector indicates only an availability (denial-of-service) outcome rather than code execution or data theft.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 29, 2026

Uninitialized memory handling in Firefox's WebGPU implementation (Graphics: WebGPU component) lets a remote attacker crash or destabilize the browser process when a victim loads a crafted page that exercises WebGPU rendering or compute paths, affecting Firefox versions prior to 157. Per Mozilla's assessed CVSS 3.1 vector (4.3, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L), the impact is availability-only, requires user interaction, and requires no authentication; no public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation were identified at time of analysis. The flaw is fixed in Firefox 157 via advisory MFSA2026-97 (Bugzilla 2057833), and pre-157 installations remain vulnerable until updated.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: Firefox 157 - upgrade affected installations to Firefox 157 or later using the built-in updater (Help > About Firefox) or the installer packages at mozilla.org, and confirm the build version after restart. Mozilla's advisory MFSA2026-97 (https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-97/) and Bugzilla 2057833 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2057833) document the fix; enterprise deployments should prioritize updating any channel still below 157 and verify that managed builds cannot silently stay on an older version. If immediate upgrades are not possible, a compensating control is to disable the WebGPU feature path so the vulnerable code cannot be exercised - for example by setting dom.webgpu.enabled to false in about:config or pushing the equivalent enterprise policy - with the trade-off that WebGPU-powered web applications, in-browser ML workloads, and some GPU-accelerated content will break or fall back to slower paths, and this mitigation is only effective if applied consistently on all affected profiles. Because exploitation requires a victim to visit an attacker-controlled page, network-layer controls such as blocking known-malicious domains and enforcing safe browsing provide limited additional defense but are not substitutes for patching. Note that no vendor-released patch exists for versions below 157; the only complete fix is the version upgrade.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-457 (Use of Uninitialized Variable) within Firefox's Graphics: WebGPU component, the implementation of the W3C WebGPU API that exposes GPU-backed rendering and compute to web content, typically via GPU or content processes and platform graphics drivers (e.g., Vulkan, Metal, D3D12). A memory region-such as a buffer, descriptor, or staging allocation used in WebGPU command submission-is allocated and consumed without being initialized first, so the browser reads indeterminate data whose value depends on prior heap/GPU memory state. The CPE entry cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms the affected product is Mozilla Firefox across all pre-fix builds rather than a single version. Although uninitialized memory is a memory-safety class defect that can sometimes lead to information disclosure or exploitable corruption, the authoritative assessment scores this instance as availability-only (C:N/I:N/A:L, S:U), with no confidentiality or integrity impact and no code execution indicated; practical reachability also depends on WebGPU being enabled and GPU-backed rendering/compute actually being active on the victim's system. Upstream tracking is in Bugzilla 2057833 and the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory MFSA2026-97.

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Severity by source

Vendor (mozilla) PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Remote crafted web page (AV:N, UI:R, PR:N) triggers an uninitialized-memory crash with availability-only impact (A:L), matching the vendor's confidentiality/integrity-none scoring.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE MEDIUM
Red Hat 6.1 MEDIUM

Primary rating from Vendor (mozilla).

CVSS VectorVendor: mozilla

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Sep 29, 2026 - 17:22 NVD
4.3 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Sep 29, 2026 - 12:36 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Sep 29, 2026 - 12:36 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.3

DescriptionCVE.org

Uninitialized memory in the Graphics: WebGPU component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 157.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 84% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
Firefox is one of the most widely deployed desktop web browsers globally
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment Vendor VulDB

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

22
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2013-0758 CRITICAL POC
9.3 Jan 13

Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderb

CVE-2013-0753 CRITICAL POC
9.3 Jan 13

Use-after-free vulnerability in the serializeToStream implementation in the XMLSerializer component in Mozilla Firefox b

CVE-2012-3993 CRITICAL POC
9.3 Oct 10

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbi

CVE-2013-1710 CRITICAL POC
10.0 Aug 07

The crypto.generateCRMFRequest function in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird befo

CVE-2014-8636 HIGH POC
7.5 Jan 14

The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 does not properly interact with

CVE-2013-0757 CRITICAL POC
9.3 Jan 13

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbi

CVE-2014-1510 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Mar 19

The Web IDL implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and Se

CVE-2014-1511 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Mar 19

Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allow remo

CVE-2016-1960 HIGH POC
8.8 Mar 13

Integer underflow in the nsHtml5TreeBuilder class in the HTML5 string parser in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox

CVE-2015-0816 MEDIUM POC
5.0 Apr 01

Mozilla Firefox before 37.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.6, and Thunderbird before 31.6 do not properly restrict resource

CVE-2015-0802 MEDIUM POC
5.0 Apr 01

Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 relies on docshell type information instead of page principal information for Window.webidl

CVE-2013-2566 MEDIUM POC
5.9 Mar 15

The RC4 algorithm, as used in the TLS protocol and SSL protocol, has many single-byte biases, which makes it easier for

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 Affected

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