8.8

CVE-2026-74949: mozilla firefox Use After Free

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74949DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74949
Published 18-08-2026Last modified 01-09-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-74949 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.47%
0%100%
Low · +0.15 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. 01-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Privilege escalation due to use-after-free in the Graphics: Canvas2D component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, 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

0.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.15 pp

From 0.31% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.47%

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

3 vendors · 12 products

References

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