CVE-2026-92025: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Use-after-free in the DOM: Navigation component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 115.41, Firefox ESR 140.16, Firefox ESR 153.3, Thunderbird 156, and Thunderbird 140.16.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-92025 involves a use-after-free condition within the DOM Navigation component of Mozilla Firefox. Use-after-free vulnerabilities occur when a program continues to use memory after it has been freed, potentially leading to memory corruption or arbitrary code execution. Mozilla fixed this issue in Firefox 156 and the corresponding ESR versions 115.41, 140.16, and 153.3. The vendor advisory classifies the impact as high and provides detailed bug references. There is no CVSS score available for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability has a high impact rating as per Mozilla's advisory, indicating that exploitation could lead to significant security consequences such as memory corruption or potential privilege escalation. However, there are no reports of active exploitation in the wild. The flaw affects the DOM Navigation component, which is critical for browser operation and security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla has released official fixes for this vulnerability in Firefox 156 and Firefox ESR versions 115.41, 140.16, and 153.3. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate the issue. Since this is a client-side software vulnerability, applying the vendor's official patches is the recommended and effective mitigation.
CVE-2026-92025: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Description
Use-after-free in the DOM: Navigation component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 115.41, Firefox ESR 140.16, Firefox ESR 153.3, Thunderbird 156, and Thunderbird 140.16.
Affected software
Mozilla
Firefox
Mozilla
Thunderbird
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-92025 involves a use-after-free condition within the DOM Navigation component of Mozilla Firefox. Use-after-free vulnerabilities occur when a program continues to use memory after it has been freed, potentially leading to memory corruption or arbitrary code execution. Mozilla fixed this issue in Firefox 156 and the corresponding ESR versions 115.41, 140.16, and 153.3. The vendor advisory classifies the impact as high and provides detailed bug references. There is no CVSS score available for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability has a high impact rating as per Mozilla's advisory, indicating that exploitation could lead to significant security consequences such as memory corruption or potential privilege escalation. However, there are no reports of active exploitation in the wild. The flaw affects the DOM Navigation component, which is critical for browser operation and security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla has released official fixes for this vulnerability in Firefox 156 and Firefox ESR versions 115.41, 140.16, and 153.3. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate the issue. Since this is a client-side software vulnerability, applying the vendor's official patches is the recommended and effective mitigation.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mozilla
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-15T12:33:45.199Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-90/","vendor":"Mozilla"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-91/","vendor":"Mozilla"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-92/","vendor":"Mozilla"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-93/","vendor":"Mozilla"}]
Threat ID: 6aa93e6255bf5e2cf5d30fe4
Added to database: 09/15/2026, 12:47:30 UTC
Last enriched: 09/15/2026, 13:32:04 UTC
Last updated: 09/16/2026, 04:01:24 UTC
Views: 10
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