Integer overflow in the Audio/Video: Playback component. (CVE-2026-16408)
Integer overflow in the Audio/Video: Playback component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Thunderbird 153.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves an integer overflow in the Audio/Video Playback component of Mozilla Firefox. The flaw could be exploited remotely without user interaction and requires no privileges, as indicated by the CVSS vector. It has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Mozilla addressed and fixed this vulnerability in Firefox 153.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (critical), indicating it can be exploited remotely without privileges or user interaction to achieve full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution or denial of service via the Audio/Video Playback component.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla has released an official fix for this vulnerability in Firefox version 153. Users and administrators should update to Firefox 153 or later to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation is required once the update is applied.
Integer overflow in the Audio/Video: Playback component. (CVE-2026-16408)
Description
Integer overflow in the Audio/Video: Playback component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Thunderbird 153.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves an integer overflow in the Audio/Video Playback component of Mozilla Firefox. The flaw could be exploited remotely without user interaction and requires no privileges, as indicated by the CVSS vector. It has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Mozilla addressed and fixed this vulnerability in Firefox 153.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (critical), indicating it can be exploited remotely without privileges or user interaction to achieve full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution or denial of service via the Audio/Video Playback component.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla has released an official fix for this vulnerability in Firefox version 153. Users and administrators should update to Firefox 153 or later to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation is required once the update is applied.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-vjqx-x8rw-qjr9
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-16408"]
- Ecosystems
- []
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
Threat ID: 6a5fd1541010f89cc21c96d1
Added to database: 07/21/2026, 20:06:44 UTC
Last enriched: 07/22/2026, 01:48:12 UTC
Last updated: 09/04/2026, 10:52:07 UTC
Views: 56
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