9.8

CVE-2026-74943: mozilla firefox Use After Free

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74943DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74943
Published 18-08-2026Last modified 21-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-74943 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Use After Free vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.61%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 31 · Related 14

Timeline

  1. 18-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use-after-free in the Graphics: ImageLib component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 115.39, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

48%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 0.57% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.61%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu8 products
  • mozjs102All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs115All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • firefox-esr< 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 | < 140.14.0esr-1~deb13u1 | < 140.14.0esr-2
  • thunderbird< 1:140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 | < 1:140.14.0esr-1~deb13u1 | < 1:140.14.0esr-1
Mozilla2 products
  • firefox< 115.39.0 | ≥ 116.0, < 140.14.0 | ≥ 141.0, < 153.1.0
  • thunderbird< 140.14.0 | ≥ 141.0, < 153.1.0

3 vendors · 12 products

References

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