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Mozilla Firefox EUVDEUVD-2026-88945

| CVE-2026-100793 MEDIUM
Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion) (CWE-843)
2026-09-29 mozilla GHSA-2543-qv62-jgqp
6.5
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
    Host malicious JS page
  2. Delivery
    Lure victim to browse (UI:R)
  3. Exploit
    Trigger JIT miscompilation/type confusion
  4. Execution
    Read out-of-bounds process memory
  5. Impact
    Exfiltrate disclosed data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Type safety enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution

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Exploitation Conditions

Requires a victim using an unpatched Firefox (before version 157) to load an attacker-controlled web page containing JavaScript crafted to trigger the JIT miscompilation - the JIT compiler is enabled by default, so no special victim configuration is needed. Exploitation is gated by UI:R (the user must visit or be redirected to the malicious page); there is no authentication requirement (PR:N). Impact is limited to information disclosure within the content process (no integrity or availability impact, no scope change), and Firefox's automatic update mechanism shrinks the realistic exposure window.

Impact

Signals are consistent and point to a MEDIUM, important-not-emergency issue rather than an urgent priority. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, 6.5) describes a remotely-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw that nonetheless requires user interaction (UI:R - the victim must browse to attacker content) and is capped at confidentiality impact only (C:H/I:N/A:N). EPSS is low at 0.15% (4th percentile), it is NOT on CISA KEV, and no public exploit is identified, so there is no evidence of widespread or imminent exploitation. The one tension worth noting: CWE-843 type confusion from JIT miscompilation is historically a strong primitive for memory corruption and sometimes RCE, yet Mozilla scopes the impact here to information disclosure (C:H, no integrity/availability) - treat the H confidentiality as the authoritative ceiling unless the vendor revises it. Firefox's auto-update channel materially reduces real-world exposure window.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts a web page containing JavaScript crafted to trigger the JIT miscompilation / type confusion in Firefox's JavaScript engine and lures or redirects a victim running an unpatched Firefox to visit it. When the engine mis-optimizes the code, the resulting type confusion lets the attacker read memory it should not, disclosing sensitive in-process data (e.g., cross-origin content or other secrets in the content process). No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 01, 2026

Mozilla Firefox before 157 can disclose sensitive process memory to a remote, unauthenticated attacker who persuades a user to load a crafted JavaScript page, because the browser's JavaScript JIT compiler can miscompile code and trigger a type-confusion condition. Exploitation requires user interaction (the victim must visit or be redirected to attacker-controlled content), and impact is limited to confidentiality within the content process; Mozilla fixed the issue in Firefox 157, and no public exploit code has been identified at the time of analysis, with EPSS at 0.15% (4th percentile).

RemediationAI

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox 157 or later, the vendor-released patched version according to Mozilla advisories MFSA2026-97 and MFSA2026-101; use the browser's automatic update mechanism or enterprise deployment tools to ensure all Firefox instances are updated, because automatic updates substantially shrink the exposure window. If immediate upgrade is impossible, avoid browsing untrusted sites with the unpatched browser or use a different browser for risky content, and consider disabling JavaScript entirely via strict browser settings or a script-blocking extension as a last resort; this prevents the crafted script from reaching the JIT compiler but breaks most modern web applications and is not a sustainable broad mitigation. Network filtering is unlikely to help because the malicious JavaScript arrives as ordinary web content; prioritization should reflect the medium severity, the UI:R prerequisite, the confidentiality-only impact, and the absence of observed public exploitation.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is a JIT miscompilation in Firefox's JavaScript engine (SpiderMonkey), classified as CWE-843 (type confusion). The JIT compiler, enabled by default, translates JavaScript into optimized native code; a miscompilation can cause the engine to treat an object as an incompatible type, leading to memory corruption that an attacker can shape into information disclosure. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N shows a network-delivered, low-complexity attack with no authentication, but it requires a user to load the malicious page; there is no integrity or availability impact and no scope change, which confines the practical impact to reading browser/content-process memory rather than code execution or data modification. The CPE data identifies Mozilla Firefox as the affected product, and Mozilla advisories MFSA2026-97 and MFSA2026-101 document the fix in Firefox 157.

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Severity by source

Vendor (mozilla) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Remote attacker-hosted page with no auth (AV:N/PR:N) but victim must browse to it (UI:R); vendor scopes impact to information disclosure only, so C:H, I:N, A:N, no scope change.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Oct 01, 2026 - 15:22 NVD
6.5 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Sep 29, 2026 - 12:36 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Sep 29, 2026 - 12:36 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionCVE.org

JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript Engine component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 157.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 96% exploitable
Prevalence
High
Firefox is a major, widely-deployed desktop/enterprise web browser
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium
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 MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
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
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Memory corruption occurs when a program writes data beyond the boundaries of allocated memory regions or accesses memory in unintended ways, violating the integrity of the process's address space.

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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