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Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

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High
Published: 01/05/2026 (01/05/2026, 01:39:07 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

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.

Affected software

redhat/firefox
pkg:rpm/redhat/firefox
Affected versions
>=140.0 <140.6>=146 <147

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AILast updated: 06/27/2026, 22:25:07 UTC

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.

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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-2026:0014
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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