| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 7.0 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox up to 147. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WebAssembly. Performing a manipulation results in Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-2801. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 147. This affects an unknown code of the component WebAssembly. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-754. The product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Incorrect boundary conditions in the JavaScript: WebAssembly component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148 and Thunderbird < 148.
The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-2801 since 02/19/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/04/2026).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 300121 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-2801), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading to version 148 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (300121), EUVD (EUVD-2026-8455) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0497). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
Affected
- Debian Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- SUSE Linux
- Oracle Linux
- IGEL OS
- SUSE openSUSE
- RESF Rocky Linux
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Firefox ESR
- Mozilla Thunderbird
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
- Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔒VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔒
ADP CISA Base Score: 7.5
ADP CISA Vector: 🔒
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Unusual conditionCWE: CWE-754
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
EPSS Score: 🔒
EPSS Percentile: 🔒
Price Prediction: 🔍
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Nessus ID: 300121
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-2801
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: Firefox 148
Timeline
02/19/2026 CVE reserved02/24/2026 Advisory disclosed
02/24/2026 VulDB entry created
03/04/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-2801 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-2801
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-347589
EUVD: 🔒
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2026-0497 - Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR und Thunderbird: Mehrere Schwachstellen
Entry
Created: 02/24/2026 16:15Updated: 03/04/2026 10:13
Changes: 02/24/2026 16:15 (54), 02/25/2026 05:50 (1), 02/28/2026 14:32 (23), 03/01/2026 14:22 (2), 03/02/2026 21:58 (7), 03/04/2026 10:13 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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