Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird have been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 updates. These include memory safety bugs, use-after-free, JIT miscompilation, sandbox escape, privilege escalation, and same-origin policy bypass issues across various components such as WebRTC signaling, JavaScript engine, graphics CanvasWebGL, Netmonitor, request handling, and DOM notifications. The update fixes these issues in Firefox ESR 140.6, Thunderbird ESR 140.6, Firefox 146, and Thunderbird 146. Red Hat has released updated packages to remediate these vulnerabilities.
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Technical Summary
This advisory covers a set of ten security vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, fixed in Firefox ESR 140.6, Thunderbird ESR 140.6, Firefox 146, and Thunderbird 146. The issues include memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-14333), use-after-free in WebRTC signaling (CVE-2025-14321), multiple JIT miscompilation flaws in the JavaScript engine (CVE-2025-14324, CVE-2025-14325, CVE-2025-14330), sandbox escape due to boundary condition errors in CanvasWebGL (CVE-2025-14322), privilege escalation in Netmonitor and DOM notifications components (CVE-2025-14323, CVE-2025-14328, CVE-2025-14329), and same-origin policy bypass in request handling (CVE-2025-14331). Red Hat has issued security updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants to address these vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively allow for potential memory corruption, sandbox escape, privilege escalation, and bypass of same-origin policy protections in Firefox and Thunderbird. These issues could lead to unauthorized code execution, increased privileges, or violation of browser security boundaries if exploited. The advisory rates the overall impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages (version 140.6.0-2.el8_8) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and related variants that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official updates promptly to remediate the issues. For detailed update instructions, refer to the Red Hat article at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the vendor-provided patches.
Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird have been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 updates. These include memory safety bugs, use-after-free, JIT miscompilation, sandbox escape, privilege escalation, and same-origin policy bypass issues across various components such as WebRTC signaling, JavaScript engine, graphics CanvasWebGL, Netmonitor, request handling, and DOM notifications. The update fixes these issues in Firefox ESR 140.6, Thunderbird ESR 140.6, Firefox 146, and Thunderbird 146. Red Hat has released updated packages to remediate these vulnerabilities.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers a set of ten security vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, fixed in Firefox ESR 140.6, Thunderbird ESR 140.6, Firefox 146, and Thunderbird 146. The issues include memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-14333), use-after-free in WebRTC signaling (CVE-2025-14321), multiple JIT miscompilation flaws in the JavaScript engine (CVE-2025-14324, CVE-2025-14325, CVE-2025-14330), sandbox escape due to boundary condition errors in CanvasWebGL (CVE-2025-14322), privilege escalation in Netmonitor and DOM notifications components (CVE-2025-14323, CVE-2025-14328, CVE-2025-14329), and same-origin policy bypass in request handling (CVE-2025-14331). Red Hat has issued security updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants to address these vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively allow for potential memory corruption, sandbox escape, privilege escalation, and bypass of same-origin policy protections in Firefox and Thunderbird. These issues could lead to unauthorized code execution, increased privileges, or violation of browser security boundaries if exploited. The advisory rates the overall impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages (version 140.6.0-2.el8_8) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and related variants that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official updates promptly to remediate the issues. For detailed update instructions, refer to the Red Hat article at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the vendor-provided patches.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:0015
- Cve Count
- 10
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-14322","CVE-2025-14323","CVE-2025-14324","CVE-2025-14325","CVE-2025-14328","CVE-2025-14329","CVE-2025-14330","CVE-2025-14331","CVE-2025-14333"]
Threat ID: 6a4049de27e9c797198314a6
Added to database: 06/27/2026, 22:08:30 UTC
Last enriched: 06/27/2026, 22:26:23 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 20
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