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Mozilla Firefox CVE-2026-8974

| EUVD-2026-30922 HIGH
Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)
2026-05-19 mozilla GHSA-c792-chx5-8443
8.8
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
May 20, 2026 - 17:27 vuln.today
Severity Changed
May 20, 2026 - 17:22 NVD
CRITICAL HIGH
CVSS changed
May 20, 2026 - 17:22 NVD
9.8 (CRITICAL) 8.8 (HIGH)
CVE Published
May 19, 2026 - 12:30 nvd
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionNVD

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.10 and Firefox 150. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Firefox ESR 140.11.

AnalysisAI

Memory corruption in Mozilla Firefox 150 and Firefox ESR 140.10 allows remote attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code when a victim visits a crafted web page. The flaw stems from multiple memory safety bugs reported by Mozilla developers, with some showing evidence of exploitable memory corruption; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS exploitation probability is low (0.05%, 14th percentile). …

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RemediationAI

Within 24 hours: Issue urgent security advisory and notify IT/helpdesk of mandatory Firefox update requirement; audit current Firefox deployment. Within 7 days: Deploy Firefox 151 (or Firefox ESR 140.11 for ESR users) to all endpoints via patch management; verify completion through compliance scanning. …

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CVE-2026-8974 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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