Mozilla Firefox up to 153.2/155 Audio/Video privileges management

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 7.0 | $5k-$25k | 0.00- |
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 153.2/155. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Audio/Video. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-92043. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 153.2/155. This affects an unknown code block of the component Audio/Video. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Privilege escalation due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Audio/Video component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156 and Firefox ESR 153.3.
It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-92043 since 09/15/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/15/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
Upgrading to version 153.3 or 156 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Type
Vendor
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Version
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
- Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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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 153.3/156
Timeline
09/15/2026 Advisory disclosed09/15/2026 CVE reserved
09/15/2026 VulDB entry created
09/15/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-92043 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-92043
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-404199
Entry
Created: 09/15/2026 15:31Changes: 09/15/2026 15:31 (57)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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