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Mozilla Firefox EUVDEUVD-2026-60695

| CVE-2026-74982 HIGH
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-08-18 mozilla GHSA-wfpq-7pgh-wwvj
High
Disputed · 7.5 Vendor: mozilla
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Serve crafted web content via attacker-controlled page
  2. Delivery
    User navigates Firefox to malicious URL
  3. Exploit
    Widget component processes malformed input
  4. Execution
    Uncontrolled resource consumption triggered
  5. Impact
    Firefox process crashes or hangs

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact

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Exploitation Conditions

Based on the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U), no authentication or special configuration is required. The attack is network-reachable and requires low complexity. However, the UI:N assertion warrants verification: in practice, browser-based attacks typically require the target user to navigate to attacker-controlled content, which constitutes passive user interaction (UI:R in CVSS 3.1 / UI:P in CVSS 4.0). Exploitation is bounded to the Firefox browser process - no scope change to the host OS is possible (S:U). Impact is exclusively availability (A:H); confidentiality and integrity are unaffected (C:N/I:N), meaning data theft or code execution are not achievable through this vulnerability alone.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H yields a 7.5 score reflecting high availability impact with no authentication barrier, but the EPSS score of 0.15% at the 5th percentile sharply contradicts the urgency implied by the raw CVSS figure - exploitation remains statistically uncommon. There is no CISA KEV listing and no known public exploit code, placing this firmly in the 'patch on schedule' rather than 'emergency response' category for most organizations. The impact is strictly limited to browser-level denial of service; no confidentiality or integrity compromise is possible, and the S:U scope means the underlying OS is not reachable through this flaw. One discrepancy worth noting: the CVSS vector asserts UI:N, but browser-based attacks typically require the user to navigate to a malicious page, which would ordinarily qualify as UI:R - teams should verify with Mozilla whether fully passive network-path exploitation is possible or whether user navigation is the expected trigger. Overall real-world risk is moderate: high-value targets with managed Firefox deployments should patch promptly, while the low EPSS argues against emergency change-freeze exceptions for most environments.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts a malicious web page containing crafted content designed to trigger excessive resource consumption in Firefox's Widget component. A user visits the page - or is redirected to it - and Firefox begins processing the content, exhausting available resources until the browser process crashes or becomes unresponsive. No public proof-of-concept has been identified at time of analysis, and exploitation would likely require some degree of user navigation to the attacker-controlled page.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 20, 2026

Denial-of-service in Mozilla Firefox's Widget component allows remote attackers to crash or hang the browser via specially crafted web content, exploiting uncontrolled resource consumption (CWE-400). All Firefox versions prior to 154 and Firefox ESR versions prior to 153.1 are affected, with Mozilla issuing patches across four security advisories (mfsa2026-74, -77, -78, -80). No public exploit has been identified and EPSS sits at the 5th percentile, indicating low real-world exploitation probability despite the high CVSS base score.

RemediationAI

The primary remediation is upgrading to Mozilla Firefox 154 or Firefox ESR 153.1, both confirmed as fixed releases per Mozilla's official advisories at https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-74/ and related mfsa2026-77, mfsa2026-78, mfsa2026-80. Enterprise deployments on the ESR track should target ESR 153.1, which is designed for long-term managed environments. For organizations that cannot immediately deploy the patch, restricting users from browsing untrusted or external web content via network proxy filtering or enterprise browser policy (e.g., disabling unrestricted URL navigation) can reduce the attack surface, though this is operationally disruptive and not a long-term substitute for patching. No workarounds specific to the Widget component have been disclosed by Mozilla at this time.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerable component is Firefox's Widget subsystem, which handles UI rendering and event processing within the browser. CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) indicates that the root cause is a failure to bound resource usage - likely memory allocation, event queue depth, or rendering cycles - when processing attacker-controlled content. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covers all Firefox application variants across platforms. Mozilla tracked this internally as Bugzilla bug #2051788. The breadth of the advisory set (four mfsa entries) suggests the fix was bundled into a multi-issue release rather than a dedicated emergency patch.

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Severity by source

Sources disagree (Low–High)
Vendor (mozilla) PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Browser DoS requires user navigation to malicious content, making UI:R more accurate than UI:N; all other metrics align with network-delivered availability-only impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE HIGH
Red Hat 3.4 LOW

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 VectorVendor: mozilla

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

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Aug 20, 2026 - 18:22 NVD
7.5 (HIGH)
CVE Published
Aug 18, 2026 - 12:23 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Aug 18, 2026 - 12:23 cve.org
HIGH 7.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Denial-of-service in the Widget component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154 and Firefox ESR 153.1.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

A denial-of-service vulnerability in Firefox versions below 154 (stable) and 153.1 (ESR) could crash or hang users' browsers when encountering malicious web content, potentially disrupting employee productivity across the organization. Although technically rated HIGH severity (CVSS 7.5), real-world exploitation risk is low-no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and threat data shows minimal exploitation likelihood. Organizations should assess their Firefox deployment scope and prepare for timely patching when updated versions are released.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include: disable JavaScript in Firefox for users accessing untrusted content; implement enterprise web content filtering for high-risk sites; deploy browser isolation technologies to sandbox Firefox sessions; restrict Firefox usage to pre-approved, low-risk websites where feasible; and monitor system logs for Firefox crashes or anomalies. Note that these measures may impact user productivity-prioritize patching upon vendor release as the definitive remediation.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 95% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
major browser with hundreds of millions of active users globally
Data Quality
5 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 HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
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· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

38
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +38
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Important
Product Status
Container suse/kiosk/firefox-esr:140.14-75.12 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS Fixed

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