CVE-2026-74984 (GCVE-0-2026-74984)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-18 12:23 – Updated: 2026-08-20 17:21
VLAI
Title
Race condition in the JavaScript Engine component
Summary
Race condition in the JavaScript Engine component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-20 15:38 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Unaffected: 153.1 , ≤ 153.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 154 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Unaffected: 153.1 , ≤ 153.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 154 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
Amy Burnett of OpenAI
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