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Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

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High
Published: 02/05/2026 (02/05/2026, 09:31:05 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Firefox have been addressed in a Red Hat security update for Firefox ESR 140.7 and related versions. These include spoofing, use-after-free, memory safety bugs, sandbox escapes, information disclosure, mitigation bypass, and clickjacking issues across various Firefox components such as Downloads Panel, JavaScript engine, Graphics, IPC, Networking, DOM, and PDF Viewer. The update is rated as important by Red Hat and applies to Firefox versions distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 for multiple architectures.

Affected software

Affected versions
>=140.7.0 <140.7.1

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AILast updated: 07/15/2026, 14:51:54 UTC

Technical Analysis

This Red Hat security advisory addresses thirteen distinct vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, including CVE-2025-14327 and CVE-2026-0877 through CVE-2026-0891. The vulnerabilities encompass spoofing issues, use-after-free bugs in JavaScript and IPC components, memory safety bugs, sandbox escape vulnerabilities due to incorrect boundary conditions and integer overflows in graphics components, information disclosure in networking and PDF viewer components, mitigation bypass in DOM security, and clickjacking issues. These flaws affect Firefox ESR 140.7, Thunderbird ESR 140.7, Firefox 147, and Thunderbird 147 versions distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0. The advisory provides updated packages to remediate these issues.

Potential Impact

The vulnerabilities collectively pose risks including potential spoofing attacks, memory corruption leading to use-after-free conditions, sandbox escapes allowing code execution outside restricted environments, information disclosure of sensitive data, mitigation bypasses of security controls, and clickjacking attacks. These impacts could compromise browser security, user privacy, and system integrity if exploited. The Red Hat advisory rates the overall security 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 140.7.0-1.el9_0) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 across multiple architectures (x86_64, ppc64le, aarch64, s390x) that address 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 provided security update.

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Csaf Category
csaf_security_advisory
Csaf Version
2.0
Publisher
Red Hat Product Security
Advisory Id
RHSA-2026:2047
Cve Count
13
Additional Cves
["CVE-2026-0877","CVE-2026-0878","CVE-2026-0879","CVE-2026-0880","CVE-2026-0882","CVE-2026-0883","CVE-2026-0884","CVE-2026-0885","CVE-2026-0886","CVE-2026-0887","CVE-2026-0890","CVE-2026-0891"]

Threat ID: 6a27e9818dd33fbd85167cb1

Added to database: 06/09/2026, 10:22:57 UTC

Last enriched: 07/15/2026, 14:51:54 UTC

Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC

Views: 35

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