9.1

CVE-2026-74961: mozilla firefox Observable Discrepancy

CVSS: 9.1v3.1CriticalUndergoing analysis
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74961CGA-428f-r8jc-jq3qCGA-mq3g-mq5h-r3hx
Published 18-08-2026Last modified 17-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-74961 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) Observable Discrepancy vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.1/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.44%
0%100%
Low · +0.19 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 12
MGASA-2026-0345MGASA-2026-0346OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11546-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11580-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:12098-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21713-1

Timeline

  1. 18-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Side-channel in the Web Audio component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.19 pp

From 0.25% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.44%

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)
Mozilla2 products
Chainguard1 product
  • firefox-esr-140< 140.14.0-r0

3 vendors · 11 products

References

8 links