Use after free in Mozilla Firefox
Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-416Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 14 fixed, 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Use-after-free in the Graphics: Canvas2D component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 140.17, Thunderbird 153.4, Firefox ESR 115.42, and Firefox ESR 140.17.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00245 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Firefox (Mozilla): 115.42, 140.17, 153.4Thunderbird (Mozilla): 140.17, 153.4Red Hat: 21 advisoriesRed Hat: 14 fixed, 3 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | — | 115.42, 140.17, 153.4 | Patch available | CNA |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | — | 140.17, 153.4 | Patch available | CNA |
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 115.42, 140.17, 153.4
- Fix · CNA Thunderbird (Mozilla) Fixed in 140.17, 153.4
Red Hat 21 advisories
- RHSA-2026:92363 Released 2026-11-02 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) firefox-140.17.0-1.el7_9
- RHSA-2026:92226 Released 2026-10-29 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) firefox-140.17.0-1.el9_2, firefox-x11-140.17.0-1.el9_2
- RHSA-2026:92227 Released 2026-10-29 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) firefox-140.17.0-1.el10_0
Show 18 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:92228 Released 2026-10-29 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) firefox-140.17.0-1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) firefox-140.17.0-1.el8_6
- RHSA-2026:92335 Released 2026-10-29 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) firefox-140.17.0-1.el9_6, firefox-x11-140.17.0-1.el9_6
- RHSA-2026:92327 Released 2026-10-29 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) firefox-140.17.0-1.el8_8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) firefox-140.17.0-1.el8_8
- RHSA-2026:91633 Released 2026-10-28 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) thunderbird-140.17.0-1.el8_8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) thunderbird-140.17.0-1.el8_8
- RHSA-2026:92012 Released 2026-10-28 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) firefox-140.17.0-1.el9_4, firefox-x11-140.17.0-1.el9_4
- RHSA-2026:92011 Released 2026-10-28 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) firefox-140.17.0-1.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) firefox-140.17.0-1.el8_4
- RHSA-2026:91634 Released 2026-10-28 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) thunderbird-140.17.0-1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) thunderbird-140.17.0-1.el8_6
- RHSA-2026:90913 Released 2026-10-27 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) thunderbird-140.17.0-1.el8_10
- RHSA-2026:85244 Released 2026-10-19 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) thunderbird-140.17.0-1.el9_6
- RHSA-2026:85243 Released 2026-10-19 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) thunderbird-140.17.0-1.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) thunderbird-140.17.0-1.el8_4
- RHSA-2026:85241 Released 2026-10-19 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) thunderbird-140.17.0-1.el9_4
- RHSA-2026:85242 Released 2026-10-19 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) thunderbird-140.17.0-1.el9_2
- RHSA-2026:85240 Released 2026-10-19 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) thunderbird-140.17.0-1.el10_0
- RHSA-2026:80694 Released 2026-10-12 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) thunderbird-140.17.0-1.el9_8
- RHSA-2026:80674 Released 2026-10-12 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) thunderbird-140.17.0-1.el10_2
- RHSA-2026:76761 Released 2026-10-08 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox-140.17.0-1.el9_8, firefox-x11-140.17.0-1.el9_8
- RHSA-2026:76764 Released 2026-10-06 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) firefox-140.17.0-1.el10_2
- RHSA-2026:76850 Released 2026-10-06 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox-140.17.0-1.el8_10
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:76764, RHSA-2026:80674 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:76850, RHSA-2026:90913 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:76761, RHSA-2026:80694 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:85243, RHSA-2026:92011 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:91634, RHSA-2026:92228 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:91633, RHSA-2026:92327 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:85242, RHSA-2026:92226 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:85241, RHSA-2026:92012 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:85240, RHSA-2026:92227 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:85244, RHSA-2026:92335 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:85243, RHSA-2026:92011 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:91634, RHSA-2026:92228 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:91633, RHSA-2026:92327 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:92363 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-100832
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8ffm-wqc4-j2qw
- 2026-10-16 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-16 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 Fix available: RHSA-2026:76850 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 Fix available: RHSA-2026:76761 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 Fix available: RHSA-2026:76764 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 Fix available: RHSA-2026:80674 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 Fix available: RHSA-2026:80694 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 Fix available: RHSA-2026:85240 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 Fix available: RHSA-2026:85243 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 Fix available: RHSA-2026:85241 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 Fix available: RHSA-2026:85244 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 Fix available: RHSA-2026:85242 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) +6 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-28 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 Fix available: RHSA-2026:90913 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 Fix available: RHSA-2026:92335 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 Fix available: RHSA-2026:92327 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: RHSA-2026:91634 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: RHSA-2026:91633 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: RHSA-2026:92012 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: RHSA-2026:92011 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: RHSA-2026:92227 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: RHSA-2026:92226 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: RHSA-2026:92228 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) · Red Hat
- 2026-11-02 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) · Red Hat
- 2026-11-03 Fix available: RHSA-2026:92363 · Red Hat
References
Advisory 5
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Sources
- CVE-2026-100832 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-100832 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8ffm-wqc4-j2qw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-100832 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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