CVE-2026-109738
MediumCVSS 5.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk13th percentile - higher than 13% of all known CVEs
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the Audio/Video: Playback component of Firefox and Thunderbird. The flaw was fixed in Firefox 158, Firefox ESR 153.5, Thunderbird 158, and Thunderbird 153.5.
Risk Assessment
Exploitation could cause application crashes or potentially arbitrary code execution within the browser process context. The risk affects organizations running vulnerable versions of Firefox or Thunderbird.
Recommendation
Update Firefox to version 158 or ESR 153.5 and Thunderbird to version 158 or 153.5. Apply the update as soon as possible.
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- CVE-2026-109750Critical
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- CVE-2026-109745Critical
Sandbox escape due to uninitialized memory in the DOM: Web Serial component. It was fixed in Firefox 158, Firefox ESR 153.5, Thunderbird 158, and Thunderbird 153.5.
- CVE-2026-109740Critical
Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Widget: Win32 component. The flaw was fixed in Firefox 158, Firefox ESR 153.5, Thunderbird 158, and Thunderbird 153.5.
- CVE-2026-109708Critical
Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Networking component. The vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 158, Firefox ESR 153.5, and Thunderbird 158 and 153.5.
- CVE-2026-109707Critical
Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the Networking component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 158, Firefox ESR 153.5, Thunderbird 158, and Thunderbird 153.5.
- CVE-2026-109705Critical
Sandbox escape, site isolation issue due to incorrect boundary conditions, use-after-free in the Networking component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 158, Firefox ESR 153.5, Thunderbird 158, and Thunderbird 153.5.
- CVE-2026-106016Critical
Mitigation bypass in the File Handling component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 157.0.1 and Thunderbird 158.
Original NVD description (English source)
Use-after-free in the Audio/Video: Playback component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 158, Firefox ESR 153.5, Thunderbird 158, and Thunderbird 153.5.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS