Attack ChainAIDerived
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AccessHost crafted WebGPU page
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ExploitLure victim to visit in Firefox
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ExecutionTrigger uninitialized-memory read in WebGPU
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ImpactBrowser/tab crash (denial of service)
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Variable initialization checks
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires the victim to actively browse to attacker-controlled web content using a vulnerable Firefox build (prior to version 157) with the WebGPU graphics path exercised - hence UI:R (user interaction). No authentication is required (PR:N), and it is remotely reachable over the network (AV:N), but exploitation is gated by user interaction and by the content reaching the WebGPU rendering component. Realistic impact is limited to a crash/denial-of-service (A:L); no code execution, integrity, or confirmed data-disclosure impact per the vendor vector. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely low-priority issue despite affecting a ubiquitous product. Mozilla's CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) yields only 4.3, with the sole impact being low availability - i.e., a crash rather than data theft or code execution. There is no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit code, so all exploitation signals point to no active or imminent threat. Note a tension: CWE-457 (uninitialized memory) and the 'Information Disclosure' tag both suggest a confidentiality leak, yet Mozilla explicitly scored C:N/I:N/A:L (availability-only), meaning the vendor assessed this as a crash/instability bug, not a memory-disclosure bug. Where a scoring gap exists, defer to Mozilla's own vector since they authored the advisory. Compared to its FF157 sibling advisories (numerous 8.8 use-after-free RCE-class bugs), this is at the very bottom of the batch and should be patched routinely, not urgently. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts a malicious web page containing crafted WebGPU content and lures a Firefox user (pre-157) to visit it. Rendering the page reads uninitialized memory in the Graphics: WebGPU component, most plausibly crashing the tab or browser. No public proof-of-concept exists and impact is limited to availability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 29, 2026
Uninitialized memory handling in Mozilla Firefox's WebGPU graphics component can crash the browser process, giving a remote attacker a low-impact denial-of-service condition against users running builds prior to Firefox 157. Exploitation requires the victim to actively browse attacker-controlled web content and for that content to drive the vulnerable WebGPU rendering path, so no authentication is required (PR:N) but user interaction is (UI:R); the vendor vector rates impact as availability-only (A:L) with no integrity or confidentiality effect. There is no confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV does not list this CVE) and no public exploit code identified at time of analysis; the issue is considered a genuinely low-priority defect despite Mozilla Firefox being a ubiquitous target.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox 157 or later, which is the vendor-released patch referenced by MFSA 2026-97 (https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-97/); the fix commit context is documented in Bugzilla 2056217. Where immediate upgrade is not possible, the most direct compensating control is to disable the WebGPU feature via about:config by setting dom.webgpu.enabled to false (or the equivalent enterprise policy), which removes the vulnerable code path entirely at the cost of breaking WebGPU-dependent web applications and future graphics features for those users; this is a functional trade-off rather than a silent hardening step and should be staged and communicated to users. Because the attack requires the victim to load attacker-controlled content, additional interim risk reduction is available through content-blocking, script restriction, or restricting browsing to trusted sites, though these measures degrade general web usability and are not substitutes for the version 157 upgrade. No public exploit code has been identified, so emergency mitigations are not warranted beyond normal patching cadence for a low-severity availability issue.
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The flaw is a CWE-457 use of uninitialized variable in the Graphics: WebGPU component of Mozilla Firefox. WebGPU is the modern browser API that exposes GPU compute and rendering pipelines to JavaScript, meaning attacker-supplied web content can reach this code path through standard graphics operations rather than through a browser extension or privileged interface. Reading uninitialized memory in such a component typically arises from a buffer or descriptor allocated without full initialization before being consumed by the GPU driver or by shader-visible data structures, and the classic outcome is either a crash from interpreting garbage values or, in the worst case, disclosure of stale memory contents; the tagged 'Information Disclosure' classification reflects that theoretical data-leak surface, while the assigned vendor vector (C:N/I:N/A:L, S:U) constrains the demonstrable impact to a low-severity availability loss rather than confirmed information leakage or code execution. The affected CPE, cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, identifies the Firefox browser product family across vulnerable versions, with the fix landing in Firefox 157.
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Severity by source
Sources disagree (Medium–Critical)AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Web-delivered so AV:N and no auth (PR:N) but victim must load a crafted page (UI:R); vendor-scored crash-only impact gives A:L with C:N/I:N.
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CVSS VectorVendor: mozilla
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Uninitialized memory in the Graphics: WebGPU component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 157.
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Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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Same weakness CWE-457 – Use of Uninitialized Variable
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Severity: Critical| Product | Status |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | Affected |
| suse/kiosk/firefox-esr suse/kiosk/firefox-esr:esr | Affected |
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