Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified and fixed in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, including memory safety bugs, use-after-free, JIT miscompilation, sandbox escape, privilege escalation, and same-origin policy bypass. These issues affect Firefox ESR 140.6, Thunderbird ESR 140.6, Firefox 146, and Thunderbird 146. Red Hat has released security updates for Firefox in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 to address these vulnerabilities. The update is rated as important by Red Hat Product Security.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers a set of security fixes for Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird addressing multiple vulnerabilities: memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-14333), use-after-free in the WebRTC signaling component (CVE-2025-14321), JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript engine (CVE-2025-14324, CVE-2025-14325, CVE-2025-14330), sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Graphics CanvasWebGL component (CVE-2025-14322), privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component (CVE-2025-14328, CVE-2025-14329), same-origin policy bypass in the Request Handling component (CVE-2025-14331), and privilege escalation in the DOM Notifications component (CVE-2025-14323). Red Hat has issued updates for Firefox in RHEL 8.6 to remediate these issues. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the overall severity is rated as important.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, bypass security policies such as same-origin, or escape sandbox restrictions within the Firefox and Thunderbird applications. These issues affect core components including WebRTC, JavaScript engine, graphics rendering, network monitoring, and DOM notifications, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems running vulnerable versions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released security updates for Firefox in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 (firefox-140.6.0-2.el8_6) that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the official Red Hat update as described in the advisory (RHSA-2026:0014) to remediate these issues. For detailed update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified and fixed in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, including memory safety bugs, use-after-free, JIT miscompilation, sandbox escape, privilege escalation, and same-origin policy bypass. These issues affect Firefox ESR 140.6, Thunderbird ESR 140.6, Firefox 146, and Thunderbird 146. Red Hat has released security updates for Firefox in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 to address these vulnerabilities. The update is rated as important by Red Hat Product Security.
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Technical Analysis
This advisory covers a set of security fixes for Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird addressing multiple vulnerabilities: memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-14333), use-after-free in the WebRTC signaling component (CVE-2025-14321), JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript engine (CVE-2025-14324, CVE-2025-14325, CVE-2025-14330), sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Graphics CanvasWebGL component (CVE-2025-14322), privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component (CVE-2025-14328, CVE-2025-14329), same-origin policy bypass in the Request Handling component (CVE-2025-14331), and privilege escalation in the DOM Notifications component (CVE-2025-14323). Red Hat has issued updates for Firefox in RHEL 8.6 to remediate these issues. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the overall severity is rated as important.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, bypass security policies such as same-origin, or escape sandbox restrictions within the Firefox and Thunderbird applications. These issues affect core components including WebRTC, JavaScript engine, graphics rendering, network monitoring, and DOM notifications, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems running vulnerable versions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released security updates for Firefox in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 (firefox-140.6.0-2.el8_6) that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the official Red Hat update as described in the advisory (RHSA-2026:0014) to remediate these issues. For detailed update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:0014
- 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: 6a4049de27e9c7971983111b
Added to database: 06/27/2026, 22:08:30 UTC
Last enriched: 06/27/2026, 22:25:07 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 14
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