Mozilla Firefox up to 115.41/140.16/153.3/156 XPCOM sandbox

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 115.41/140.16/153.3/156. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component XPCOM. Such manipulation leads to sandbox. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-100819. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 115.41/140.16/153.3/156. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component XPCOM. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sandbox vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-265. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the XPCOM component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Firefox 157, Firefox ESR 115.42, and Firefox ESR 140.17.

The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-100819 since 09/26/2026. 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. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/29/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1611.

Upgrading to version 115.42, 140.17, 153.4 or 157 eliminates this vulnerability.

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CVSSv3info

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: Sandbox
CWE: CWE-265 / CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 115.42/140.17/153.4/157

Timelineinfo

09/26/2026 CVE reserved
09/29/2026 +3 days Advisory disclosed
09/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-100819 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-100819
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-411392

Entryinfo

Created: 09/29/2026 15:43
Changes: 09/29/2026 15:43 (57)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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