Attack ChainAIDerived
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AccessHost crafted WebGPU web page
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ExploitLure victim to load page in Firefox
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ExecutionTrigger uninitialized-memory use in WebGPU
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ImpactCause process crash / availability loss
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Variable initialization checks
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| 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. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – 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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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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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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.
Primary rating from Vendor (mozilla).
CVSS VectorVendor: mozilla
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Uninitialized memory in the Graphics: WebGPU component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 157.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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Severity: Moderate| Product | Status |
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| 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 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | Affected |
| suse/kiosk/firefox-esr suse/kiosk/firefox-esr:esr | Affected |
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