CVE-2026-3845: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Heap buffer overflow in the Audio/Video: Playback component in Firefox for Android. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148.0.2.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-3845 is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the Audio/Video playback component in Firefox for Android. This type of vulnerability (CWE-122) involves improper handling of memory buffers, which can lead to memory corruption. The flaw was addressed by Mozilla in Firefox 148.0.2 as part of a set of memory safety bug fixes. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high impact with network attack vector, no privileges required, user interaction needed, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected device, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. However, there are no known exploits in the wild at this time. The vulnerability affects Firefox for Android prior to version 148.0.2.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla has released an official fix for this vulnerability in Firefox 148.0.2. Users and administrators should update Firefox for Android to version 148.0.2 or later to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are required once the update is applied.
CVE-2026-3845: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Description
Heap buffer overflow in the Audio/Video: Playback component in Firefox for Android. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148.0.2.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-3845 is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the Audio/Video playback component in Firefox for Android. This type of vulnerability (CWE-122) involves improper handling of memory buffers, which can lead to memory corruption. The flaw was addressed by Mozilla in Firefox 148.0.2 as part of a set of memory safety bug fixes. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high impact with network attack vector, no privileges required, user interaction needed, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected device, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. However, there are no known exploits in the wild at this time. The vulnerability affects Firefox for Android prior to version 148.0.2.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla has released an official fix for this vulnerability in Firefox 148.0.2. Users and administrators should update Firefox for Android to version 148.0.2 or later to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are required once the update is applied.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mozilla
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-09T19:29:38.565Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69b03689ea502d3aa867a10a
Added to database: 3/10/2026, 3:19:37 PM
Last enriched: 4/14/2026, 12:07:42 PM
Last updated: 4/24/2026, 3:05:19 AM
Views: 294
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