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Red Hat CVE-2026-4710

| EUVDEUVD-2026-14835 CRITICAL
Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)
2026-03-24 mozilla
Critical
Disputed · 9.8 NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Send crafted audio/video file
  2. Exploit
    Trigger boundary condition flaw in parser
  3. Execution
    Overflow memory buffer
  4. Impact
    Execute arbitrary code with browser privileges

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2021 - Vulnerable and Outdated Components
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, buffer size validation
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit Firefox < 149 and Firefox ESR < 140.9 by sending crafted audio/video content. Victim must visit a page or open a media file containing the malicious payload. No special browser configuration required.

Impact

Without published CVSS scores or vectors, the real-world risk must be assessed through available signals: the vulnerability is classified as Information Disclosure, suggesting unauthorized access to memory contents rather than code execution. The availability of Mozilla security advisories (MFSA2026-20 and MFSA2026-22) and a linked Bugzilla tracker indicates this is a known, documented issue rather than a zero-day. The tagging of this vulnerability across both Firefox and Firefox ESR with relatively recent version thresholds (149 and 140.9) suggests active development and patching cycles. Information Disclosure vulnerabilities in browser components typically carry moderate to high risk depending on attacker accessibility and the sensitivity of leaked data, but the absence of execution capability limits severity compared to RCE issues. The broad version range affected (all versions before the patch) indicates widespread exposure across Firefox user populations.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker could craft a malicious audio or video file with specially crafted boundary parameters that trigger the incorrect boundary condition validation in Firefox's media component. When a victim visits a website hosting this malicious media or attempts to open the file directly, Firefox processes the media stream and reads beyond intended buffer boundaries, leaking sensitive information from the browser's memory heap (such as other tab contents, cached credentials, or encryption keys) back to the attacker via observable side effects or direct exfiltration depending on the specific boundary condition bug.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
Patch available 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Mar 24, 2026

An incorrect boundary conditions vulnerability exists in Firefox and Firefox ESR's Audio/Video component that enables information disclosure attacks. Firefox versions below 149 and Firefox ESR versions below 140.9 are affected. Attackers can exploit improper boundary validation in audio/video processing to leak sensitive information from the browser process.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Mozilla Firefox to version 149 or later, and upgrade Mozilla Firefox ESR to version 140.9 or later. Users should check their installed version via Help > About Firefox and allow the browser to automatically download and apply available updates. Organizations managing Firefox deployments should reference the official Mozilla security advisories at https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-20/ and https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-22/ for patch deployment timelines. Until patching is complete, consider disabling or restricting access to untrusted video/audio content sources through group policy or enterprise policy management tools. Monitor systems for suspicious processes spawned from Firefox that may attempt to read process memory.

Affected VersionsENISA

Firefox unspecified <149
Firefox ESR unspecified <140.9

Affected Packages

euvd firefox_esr_unspecified fix: 140.9
euvd firefox_unspecified fix: 149

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 2 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability resides in the Audio/Video component of Mozilla Firefox, which handles multimedia content decoding and playback. This component processes various codec streams and containers that require strict boundary validation during buffer operations. The incorrect boundary conditions (related to CWE categories involving buffer management and bounds checking) suggest that the code fails to properly validate input dimensions, offsets, or length parameters when processing audio or video frames, leading to out-of-bounds reads. The affected products are identified by CPE strings cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* and cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, indicating the vulnerability spans all Firefox and Firefox ESR versions below the patched thresholds.

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Severity by source

Sources disagree (Medium–Critical)
NVD PRIMARY 9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE CRITICAL
Red Hat 6.1 MEDIUM

vuln.today treats the vendor’s rating as authoritative. A higher third-party CVSS (e.g. CISA-ADP) is shown for transparency but does not drive the headline severity.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch released
Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Mar 24, 2026 - 12:30 nvd
CRITICAL 9.8

DescriptionCVE.org

Incorrect boundary conditions in the Audio/Video component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 149 and Firefox ESR < 140.9.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Organizations using the Audio/Video component. This vulnerability affects Firefox face critical risk from CVE-2026-4710, a buffer overflow vulnerability rated CVSS 9.8. Exploitation could allow attackers to corrupt memory, crash the application, or potentially execute arbitrary code. Organizations should apply vendor updates immediately when available and implement compensating controls in the interim.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch. If immediate patching is not feasible: (1) Implement network-level access controls to limit exposure; (2) Enable enhanced monitoring and alerting; (3) Apply principle of least privilege.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 100% exploitable
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High
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 CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.0%
Patch available Yes
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
Out-of-Cycle
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact
Very High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

49
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +49
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

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Vendor StatusVendor

Debian

firefox
Release Status Fixed Version Urgency
sid vulnerable 148.0.2-1 -
(unstable) fixed (unfixed) -
firefox-esr
Release Status Fixed Version Urgency
bullseye vulnerable 115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1 -
bullseye (security) vulnerable 140.8.0esr-1~deb11u1 -
bookworm vulnerable 128.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 -
bookworm (security) vulnerable 140.8.0esr-1~deb12u1 -
trixie (security), trixie vulnerable 140.8.0esr-1~deb13u1 -
forky, sid vulnerable 140.8.0esr-1 -
(unstable) fixed (unfixed) -

SUSE

Severity: Critical
Product Status
Image SLES15-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP5-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Affected
SUSE Liberty Linux 10 Fixed
SUSE Liberty Linux 8 Fixed
SUSE Liberty Linux 9 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 Fixed

References

Advisories & patches
ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5930 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5931 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5932 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6188 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6342 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6917 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7837 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7838 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7839 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7840 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7841 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7842 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7843 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7845 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7858 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8284 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8285 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8286 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8287 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8288 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8289 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8290 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8315 ADVISORY https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8427 ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4710 ADVISORY https://vuldb.com/?id.352756 ADVISORY https://www.suse.com/support/update/SUSE-SU-2026:1126/ ADVISORY https://www.suse.com/support/update/SUSE-SU-2026:1127/ ADVISORY https://www.suse.com/support/update/SUSE-SU-2026:1163/ ADVISORY https://www.suse.com/support/update/SUSE-SU-2026:20978/ REF https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2016370 REF https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-20/ REF https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-22/ REF https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-23/ REF https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-24/

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