Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird have been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. 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, netmonitor, request handling, and DOM notifications. The update fixes these issues in Firefox ESR 140.6 and Firefox 146 versions.
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Technical Summary
Red Hat Product Security issued an important security advisory (RHSA-2026:0018) addressing multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. The vulnerabilities include a use-after-free in the WebRTC signaling component (CVE-2025-14321), memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-14333), JIT miscompilation issues in the JavaScript engine (CVE-2025-14324, CVE-2025-14325, CVE-2025-14330), sandbox escape via incorrect boundary conditions in the CanvasWebGL graphics component (CVE-2025-14322), privilege escalations in the Netmonitor and DOM Notifications components (CVE-2025-14323, CVE-2025-14328, CVE-2025-14329), and a same-origin policy bypass in the request handling component (CVE-2025-14331). These vulnerabilities affect Firefox ESR 140.6, Thunderbird ESR 140.6, Firefox 146, and Thunderbird 146. Red Hat provides updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions on multiple architectures to address these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, bypass security policies such as the same-origin policy, and escape sandbox restrictions within Firefox and Thunderbird. This may lead to unauthorized access, data exposure, or compromise of the affected systems running these browsers. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity).
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages (version 140.6.0-1.el9_0) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions across supported architectures. Users should apply these official updates promptly to remediate the vulnerabilities. For detailed update instructions, refer to Red Hat's article at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations 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 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. 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, netmonitor, request handling, and DOM notifications. The update fixes these issues in Firefox ESR 140.6 and Firefox 146 versions.
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Technical Analysis
Red Hat Product Security issued an important security advisory (RHSA-2026:0018) addressing multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. The vulnerabilities include a use-after-free in the WebRTC signaling component (CVE-2025-14321), memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-14333), JIT miscompilation issues in the JavaScript engine (CVE-2025-14324, CVE-2025-14325, CVE-2025-14330), sandbox escape via incorrect boundary conditions in the CanvasWebGL graphics component (CVE-2025-14322), privilege escalations in the Netmonitor and DOM Notifications components (CVE-2025-14323, CVE-2025-14328, CVE-2025-14329), and a same-origin policy bypass in the request handling component (CVE-2025-14331). These vulnerabilities affect Firefox ESR 140.6, Thunderbird ESR 140.6, Firefox 146, and Thunderbird 146. Red Hat provides updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions on multiple architectures to address these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, bypass security policies such as the same-origin policy, and escape sandbox restrictions within Firefox and Thunderbird. This may lead to unauthorized access, data exposure, or compromise of the affected systems running these browsers. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity).
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages (version 140.6.0-1.el9_0) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions across supported architectures. Users should apply these official updates promptly to remediate the vulnerabilities. For detailed update instructions, refer to Red Hat's article at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations 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-2026:0018
- 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: 6a4049de27e9c79719831479
Added to database: 06/27/2026, 22:08:30 UTC
Last enriched: 06/27/2026, 22:26:04 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 18
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