Mozilla Firefox up to 154 PDF Viewer denial of service

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00+ |
Summary
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 154. Affected is an unknown function of the component PDF Viewer. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-84138. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 154. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component PDF Viewer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
Denial-of-service in the PDF Viewer component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 155.
It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-84138 since 09/01/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/01/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
Upgrading to version 155 eliminates this vulnerability.
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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: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: Firefox 155
Timeline
09/01/2026 Advisory disclosed09/01/2026 CVE reserved
09/01/2026 VulDB entry created
09/01/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-84138 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-84138
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-397627
Entry
Created: 09/01/2026 15:15Changes: 09/01/2026 15:15 (57)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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