VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2026-8968
Denial-of-service due to invalid pointer in the Audio/Video: Web Codecs component.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Denial-of-service due to invalid pointer in the Audio/Video: Web Codecs component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030467Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.