Mozilla Firefox up to 115.44/153.6/159 DOM use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 115.44/153.6/159 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component DOM. Such manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-124880. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 115.44/153.6/159. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component DOM. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free in the DOM: Core & HTML component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 160, Firefox ESR 115.45, and Firefox ESR 153.7.

The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-124880 since 11/09/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/10/2026).

Upgrading to version 115.45, 153.7 or 160 eliminates this vulnerability.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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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 115.45/153.7/160

Timelineinfo

11/09/2026 CVE reserved
11/10/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
11/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CNA: mozilla
CVE: CVE-2026-124880 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-124880
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-433682

Entryinfo

Created: 11/10/2026 14:58
Changes: 11/10/2026 14:58 (57)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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