CVE-2026-100797
HighCVSS 8.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk17th percentile - higher than 17% of all known CVEs
Summary
Privilege escalation due to use-after-free in the Graphics: WebRender component. Fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 140.17, Thunderbird 153.4, Firefox 157, Firefox ESR 115.42, and Firefox ESR 140.17.
Risk Assessment
Use-after-free could lead to privilege escalation, potentially allowing an attacker to take control of the application or system.
Recommendation
Update Firefox or Thunderbird to the patched versions.
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- CVE-2026-100819Critical
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Original NVD description (English source)
Privilege escalation due to use-after-free in the Graphics: WebRender component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 140.17, Thunderbird 153.4, Firefox 157, Firefox ESR 115.42, and Firefox ESR 140.17.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS