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VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2026-117871: Mozilla Firefox · Invalid Pointer in the Graphics Component

Affects Mozilla FirefoxSource CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 16:00 UTC

Severity
High

Rated High by Threat Radar's AI analysis · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

The vulnerability has been fixed in Firefox 159 and Firefox ESR 153.6. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation actions are required beyond applying the official update.

Description

CVE-2026-117871 is a high-impact vulnerability involving an invalid pointer in the Graphics component of Mozilla Firefox. This flaw was addressed and fixed in Firefox version 159 and Firefox ESR 153.6. The vulnerability is part of a set of memory safety issues resolved in this release cycle.

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