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Mozilla Firefox EUVDEUVD-2026-88927

| CVE-2026-100775 CRITICAL
Protection Mechanism Failure (CWE-693)
2026-09-29 mozilla GHSA-mw76-22g7-fw96
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
    Serve crafted graphics content
  3. Exploit
    Trigger flaw in Graphics component
  4. Execution
    Defeat content-process sandbox
  5. Impact
    Execute code on host system

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

Requires the victim to visit or render attacker-controlled web content in Firefox (UI:R), with no authentication or privileges needed (PR:N). The affected vector is the Graphics component in affected Firefox/Firefox ESR builds prior to 157/ESR 153.4/140.17/115.42 in their default configuration. The principal limiting factor is that a sandbox escape alone does not yield code execution - it must be combined with a separate content-process compromise to break out of the sandbox, consistent with CISA's 'Automatable: no' rating; this chaining requirement, plus the mandatory user interaction, meaningfully constrains real-world exploitation despite the critical score.

Impact

Signals conflict sharply here, so prioritization should be nuanced. The CVSS 3.1 score of 9.6 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) is critical, driven by the scope change (S:C) inherent to a sandbox escape and full C/I/A impact, requiring only user interaction and no privileges. However, nearly every other signal points lower: EPSS is just 0.16% (4th percentile), CISA SSVC rates Exploitation as 'none' and Automatable as 'no' (with Technical Impact 'total'), the CVE is NOT in CISA KEV, and no public POC is referenced. This is therefore a genuinely severe-impact flaw but NOT evidence of imminent or widespread exploitation - a high-CVSS issue whose real-world exploitation risk is currently low. A critical caveat: a Graphics-component sandbox escape (CWE-693, Protection Mechanism Failure) is rarely exploitable in isolation - it typically must be chained with a separate content-process compromise to achieve full code execution on the host, which the SSVC 'Automatable: no' rating reflects. Patch urgency remains high for browser fleets given Firefox's ubiquity and the trivial AC:L/UI:R exploitation path once chained, but it is not a drop-everything emergency absent evidence of in-the-wild use.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A victim is lured to an attacker-controlled web page (satisfying the UI:R requirement) that delivers crafted content exercising the flaw in Firefox's Graphics component. The flaw defeats the browser's sandbox protection, and when chained with a content-process compromise, lets the attacker escape the sandbox and execute code with the host user's privileges. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.

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

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 01, 2026

Sandbox escape in Mozilla Firefox's Graphics component allows unauthenticated remote attackers to break out of the browser's content sandbox when a victim renders attacker-controlled web content (CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C, score 9.6). Affected builds are Firefox before 157 and Firefox ESR before 153.4, 140.17, and 115.42, all of which now have vendor fixes available across their respective release trains. Exploitation requires chaining the escape with a separate content-process compromise to achieve code execution, which is consistent with CISA SSVC's 'Automatable: no' and 'Exploitation: none' ratings; EPSS is low at 0.16% (4th percentile) and no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patches are available: upgrade to Firefox 157, Firefox ESR 153.4, Firefox ESR 140.17, or Firefox ESR 115.42 as applicable to your channel, with fixes documented in Mozilla advisories mfsa2026-97 through mfsa2026-103 and Bugzilla 2068367; organizations on the legacy ESR 115 branch should treat 115.42 as a stopgap and plan migration to the 140 ESR line, since older ESR branches receive narrower support. If immediate patching is not possible, targeted hardening that reduces the exposed Graphics attack surface includes setting webgl.disabled to true (breaks WebGL-based pages, 3D content, and some mapping/CAD web apps) and disabling hardware acceleration so compositing runs on the less privileged software path (degrades rendering, video playback, and battery performance); these are surface-reduction measures and are not vendor-confirmed mitigations for this specific defect. Because a sandbox escape alone does not yield code execution and must be chained with a separate content-process compromise, and given the low EPSS of 0.16% (4th percentile) and SSVC 'Exploitation: none', patch timing can be risk-weighted - but the CVSS 9.6 score, total technical impact, and the fact that graphics sandbox escapes are attractive as part of exploit chains argue for prioritizing patching on high-value, targeted-risk, or high-exposure endpoints rather than relying on compensating controls alone.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Firefox runs web content in a restricted content process that communicates with privileged GPU/compositor and parent processes over IPC; the Graphics component (WebGL, canvas, compositing, and the graphics IPC surface) is one of the interfaces where a content-process attacker can attempt to reach privileged code. CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) captures the root cause class here: the sandbox's isolation guarantees are bypassable, meaning the protection mechanism itself fails rather than a memory-safety bug being the primary defect. Because the CVSS vector has Scope Changed (S:C) with C:H/I:H/A:H, the assessed impact is total once the escape succeeds, yet a sandbox escape is by itself a boundary violation rather than a full code-execution chain - it must be combined with an independent content-process compromise, which is why CISA's SSVC rates technical impact 'total' while marking Exploitation 'none' and Automatable 'no'. Note that the automated 'Information Disclosure' tag attached to this CVE understates the assessed C:H/I:H/A:H impact and should be treated as low-fidelity metadata; the authoritative references are Mozilla Bugzilla 2068367 and advisories mfsa2026-97 through mfsa2026-103, which cover the affected release trains. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* is version-wildcarded and does not distinguish standard Firefox from ESR branch builds, so version handling must come from the advisory text.

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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

Web-delivered content needs user visit (AV:N/UI:R, PR:N); sandbox escape crosses a security boundary so S:C with full host C/I/A 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:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Red Hat 7.5 HIGH

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 01, 2026 - 16:22 NVD
9.6 (None) 9.6 (CRITICAL)
CVE Published
Sep 29, 2026 - 12:36 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Sep 29, 2026 - 12:36 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.6

DescriptionCVE.org

Sandbox escape in the Graphics component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Firefox 157, Firefox ESR 115.42, and Firefox ESR 140.17.

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Why It Matters

A critical sandbox-escape flaw in Mozilla Firefox's Graphics component can let a malicious or compromised web page break the browser's content sandbox on any unpatched Firefox or Firefox ESR build, meaning an ordinary browsing session by an employee could expose their endpoint. The escape alone does not yield full code execution - an attacker must also compromise the browser's content process - but that chain would turn routine web browsing into a system-level compromise path on corporate devices. Because Firefox is widely deployed across the workforce, leadership should treat this as a browser fleet patching priority with verification that no affected builds remain.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch. While those builds are being deployed, exposure can be reduced by limiting rendering of untrusted web content for high-risk user groups and by confirming that the separate content-process compromise required for code execution is blocked by existing endpoint protection and browser hardening.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 96% exploitable
Prevalence
High
Firefox is a major, widely-deployed desktop browser across enterprise and consumer fleets
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

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
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Total

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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