CVE-2026-4687
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Telemetry component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 149, Firefox ESR 115.34, Firefox ESR 140.9, Thunderbird 149, and Thunderbird 140.9.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.54%• Percentile: 41%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-754•Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
The product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product.
- CWE-120•Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.
- CWE-501•Trust Boundary Violation
The product mixes trusted and untrusted data in the same data structure or structured message.
Affected Systems
- mozilla•firefox
≥ unspecified, < 149 | < 115.34.0 | < 149.0 | ≥ 128.0, < 140.9.0
- mozilla•firefox_esr
≥ unspecified, < 115.34 | ≥ unspecified, < 140.9
- mozilla•thunderbird
≥ unspecified, < 149 | ≥ unspecified, < 140.9
References (34)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2016368
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-20/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-21/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-22/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-23/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-24/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4687
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2450757
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-4687.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8427
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7843
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8315
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5931
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6342
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5932
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6917
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7840
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8285
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7858
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8850
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7842
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8289
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7838
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8288
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7839
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8286
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7841
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8287
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7845
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8290
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7837
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8284
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5930
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6188