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CVE-2026-2787 (GCVE-0-2026-2787)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-24 13:33 – Updated: 2026-04-13 13:52
VLAI
Title
Use-after-free in the DOM: Window and Location component
Summary
Use-after-free in the DOM: Window and Location component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 115.33, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-26 20:02 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Unaffected: 115.33 , ≤ 115.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 140.8 , ≤ 140.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 148 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Unaffected: 140.8 , ≤ 140.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 148 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
Evyatar Ben Asher, Keane Lucas, Nicholas Carlini, Newton Cheng, Daniel Freeman, Alex Gaynor, and Joel Weinberger using Claude from Anthropic
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