Mozilla Firefox up to 153.4/157 Panning/Zooming privileges management

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 7.0 | $5k-$25k | 0.73- |
Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 153.4/157. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Panning/Zooming. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-109743. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 153.4/157. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Panning/Zooming. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Privilege escalation in the Panning and Zooming component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 158 and Firefox ESR 153.5.
It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-109743 since 10/13/2026. 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 $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/13/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
Upgrading to version 153.5 or 158 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
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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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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 153.5/158
Timeline
10/13/2026 Advisory disclosed10/13/2026 CVE reserved
10/13/2026 VulDB entry created
10/13/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-109743 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-109743
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-417607
Entry
Created: 10/13/2026 15:37Changes: 10/13/2026 15:37 (57)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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