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Mozilla Firefox CVE-2026-109755

| EUVDEUVD-2026-98516 CRITICAL
Protection Mechanism Failure (CWE-693)
2026-10-13 mozilla GHSA-qcgq-q223-7x4r
9.6
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
    Lure victim to malicious web page
  2. Delivery
    Deliver crafted DOM content
  3. Exploit
    Trigger content-process sandbox flaw
  4. Execution
    Escape sandbox and execute code
  5. Impact
    Compromise host beyond browser

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Protection mechanism completeness
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires a victim using Firefox prior to version 158 to interact with attacker-controlled web content (UI:R) that exercises the DOM content-process code path - i.e., visiting a malicious or compromised page or rendering crafted web content. No authentication or special privileges are needed (PR:N, so unauthenticated), and it works remotely over the network (AV:N) against standard Firefox installations; there is no indication a non-default configuration is required. The primary limiting factor is the mandatory user interaction (loading the malicious content) and the fact that a sandbox escape typically must be paired with a separate content-process code-execution bug to be fully impactful, which constrains realistic standalone exploitation.

Impact

This is a high-severity sandbox escape (CVSS 9.6) in Firefox's DOM: Content Processes component with a network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, and a scope change (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H), consistent with CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) - the content-process sandbox fails to contain a malicious page, yielding full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact beyond the sandbox boundary. However, the exploitation signals temper the raw score: EPSS is only 0.19% (8th percentile), there is NO CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, indicating no observed real-world exploitation and no publicly available weaponization yet. The CVSS vector also requires user interaction (UI:R), meaning a victim must be induced to visit or interact with attacker-controlled content, which materially lowers the drive-by, mass-exploitation risk versus a zero-click flaw. Sandbox escapes are high-value and typically chained with a separate content-process RCE to achieve full compromise, so standalone exploitation may be harder than the score suggests; no SSVC decision data was provided in the input. Net: a genuine high-priority browser patch given the critical technical impact and ubiquity of Firefox, but current data points to it being a prepare-and-patch issue rather than an actively exploited emergency.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker lures a Firefox user (via phishing link, malicious ad, or compromised site) to attacker-controlled web content that triggers the flaw in the DOM content-process handling. Because the content-process sandbox fails to contain the malicious code, the attacker breaks out of the sandbox to gain broader access to the host with the browser's privileges. No public exploit is identified at this time, and successful exploitation requires the victim to interact with the malicious content (UI:R).

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 15, 2026

A sandbox escape in Mozilla Firefox's DOM Content Processes component lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker break out of the content-process sandbox if a victim merely renders attacker-controlled web content in any Firefox build prior to 158 (CVSS 3.1 9.6, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). Because the score is scope-changed, a successful escape grants impact outside the sandboxed content process - high confidentiality, integrity and availability effects on the host rather than on the page alone - but in practice the escape generally has to be paired with a separate content-process code-execution flaw to convert the boundary crossing into full code execution. There is no confirmed active exploitation (the issue is not in CISA KEV) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS is low at 0.19% (8th percentile), and the mandatory user interaction of loading the malicious page is the main practical constraint on real-world exploitation.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade Mozilla Firefox to version 158 or later; this is the only complete fix for the content-process sandbox failure described in Bugzilla 2068448. Apply the update listed in MFSA 2026-106 (https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-106/) and confirm which build applies to your channel via MFSA 2026-109 (https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-109/), since Firefox ESR and other maintained branches are patched through separate advisories; managed fleets should force the update through their software-distribution or ESR policy rather than relying on user-initiated updates. No configuration switch restores the intended isolation on an unpatched build - the sandbox is not user-configurable - so any interim mitigation is a blunt reduction of exposure rather than a fix: disabling JavaScript for untrusted sites (about:config javascript.enabled=false, or a strict per-site JavaScript blocker) removes the primary path by which attacker-controlled DOM content reaches the vulnerable code, but it breaks the large majority of modern web applications and is therefore only realistic for high-risk, low-functionality browsing profiles; routing all untrusted browsing through a hardened, disposable virtual machine or remote browser-isolation service contains a successful escape but adds latency and operational cost. Because a sandbox escape normally needs to be chained with a separate content-process code-execution bug to be fully impactful, keeping the browser current also ensures that any such companion bugs are patched, and operators should treat this CVE as one component of a browser-chaining risk rather than as a standalone remote code execution issue. EPSS is 0.19% (8th percentile) and there is no confirmed active exploitation (not in CISA KEV) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, so exploitation likelihood is currently assessed as low; nevertheless the interim controls above should be considered for users who routinely browse untrusted content, given the high scope-changed impact if the flaw is successfully combined with a renderer compromise.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Firefox runs untrusted web content inside sandboxed content processes, with the DOM and layout/rendering code executing there and privileged operations brokered through IPC to the parent/browser process. CVE-2026-109755 is classified as CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure): the isolation mechanism itself - the content-process sandbox boundary in the DOM: Content Processes component - does not hold, so a malicious page can reach resources and capabilities that should be confined behind the sandbox. The CVSS scope change (S:C) reflects that the failure of this protection mechanism impacts security properties of components beyond the vulnerable content process, which is why confidentiality, integrity and availability are all rated High even though the attack starts from ordinary web content. The CVSS vector marks the attack as network-reachable, low complexity and requiring no privileges (PR:N, unauthenticated), with the sole precondition being user interaction (UI:R) to load the crafted content; the vector and CWE are consistent with a boundary-crossing bug rather than a memory-safety flaw in a single parser. Mozilla tracks the root technical detail in Bugzilla issue 2068448 and shipped the fix in Firefox 158.

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Severity by source

Vendor (mozilla) PRIMARY 9.6 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 9.6 CRITICAL

Remote web content triggers the flaw (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N), the victim must load the page (UI:R), and escaping the content-process sandbox crosses a security boundary (S:C) with full host impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Primary rating from Vendor (mozilla).

CVSS VectorVendor: mozilla

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

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Oct 15, 2026 - 20:25 NVD
9.6 (CRITICAL)
CVE Published
Oct 13, 2026 - 12:29 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Oct 13, 2026 - 12:29 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.6

DescriptionCVE.org

Sandbox escape in the DOM: Content Processes component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 158.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 158 contain a critical sandbox escape vulnerability (CVE-2026-109755) that could allow an attacker to break out of the browser's content-process isolation if a user visits a malicious webpage. While no active exploitation has been observed and a public exploit is not currently available, a successful escape could compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected hosts, putting sensitive data and business operations at risk. Leadership should prioritize mitigation because a patch is not yet available and the vulnerability affects all unpatched Firefox installations across the enterprise.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include restricting Firefox usage to trusted sites, enforcing alternate browsers for untrusted web content, deploying browser isolation or virtualization, and enabling EDR detection for sandbox escape attempts.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92% exploitable
Prevalence
High
Firefox is a major, widely-deployed browser across enterprise and consumer systems
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

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 CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
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· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

48
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +48
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.

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