CVE-2026-84121
Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the DOM: Security component.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the DOM: Security component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 115.40, Firefox ESR 140.15, Firefox ESR 153.2, Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird 140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
EPSS 0.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2059018Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-82/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-83/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-84/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-85/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-86/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-87/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-88/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.