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CVE-2026-74984: mozilla firefox Race Condition

CVSS: 6.8v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74984
Published 18-08-2026Last modified 20-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-74984 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Race Condition vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · +0.09 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 11
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. 20-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Race condition in the JavaScript Engine 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

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.09 pp

From 0.19% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.28%

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

2 vendors · 10 products

References

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