Mozilla Firefox up to 153.2/155 DOM Content Processes race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 153.2/155 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component DOM Content Processes. Such manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-92042. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 153.2/155. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component DOM Content Processes. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Race condition in the DOM: Content Processes component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156 and Firefox ESR 153.3.

The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-92042 since 09/15/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/15/2026).

Upgrading to version 153.3 or 156 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 153.3/156

Timelineinfo

09/15/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/15/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
09/15/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/15/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-92042 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-92042
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-404198

Entryinfo

Created: 09/15/2026 15:30
Changes: 09/15/2026 15:30 (57)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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