Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Firefox have been addressed in a Red Hat security update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8. The issues include spoofing, use-after-free, memory safety bugs, sandbox escapes, information disclosure, mitigation bypass, and clickjacking across various Firefox components such as Downloads Panel, JavaScript engine, Graphics, IPC, Networking, DOM, and PDF Viewer. These vulnerabilities are fixed in Firefox ESR 140.7 and Firefox 147 packages provided by Red Hat.
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Technical Summary
This Red Hat security advisory (RHSA-2026:2069) addresses 13 distinct vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird components distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8. The vulnerabilities include spoofing (CVE-2025-14327, CVE-2026-0890), use-after-free bugs in JavaScript GC, IPC, and JavaScript engine components (CVE-2026-0885, CVE-2026-0882, CVE-2026-0884), memory safety bugs (CVE-2026-0891), sandbox escapes due to incorrect boundary conditions and integer overflow in graphics components (CVE-2026-0878, CVE-2026-0879, CVE-2026-0880, CVE-2026-0886), information disclosure in networking and PDF viewer components (CVE-2026-0883, CVE-2026-0887), mitigation bypass in DOM security (CVE-2026-0877), and clickjacking (CVE-2026-0887). Red Hat has released updated Firefox ESR 140.7 and Firefox 147 packages to remediate these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively could allow attackers to perform spoofing, bypass security mitigations, cause use-after-free memory corruption, escape sandbox restrictions, disclose sensitive information, and conduct clickjacking attacks. These impacts can compromise browser security, potentially leading to unauthorized code execution or data exposure. The advisory rates the overall security impact as Important (high severity). No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Firefox ESR 140.7 and Firefox 147 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 that address all listed vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official security updates promptly to remediate the issues. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Firefox have been addressed in a Red Hat security update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8. The issues include spoofing, use-after-free, memory safety bugs, sandbox escapes, information disclosure, mitigation bypass, and clickjacking across various Firefox components such as Downloads Panel, JavaScript engine, Graphics, IPC, Networking, DOM, and PDF Viewer. These vulnerabilities are fixed in Firefox ESR 140.7 and Firefox 147 packages provided by Red Hat.
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This Red Hat security advisory (RHSA-2026:2069) addresses 13 distinct vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird components distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8. The vulnerabilities include spoofing (CVE-2025-14327, CVE-2026-0890), use-after-free bugs in JavaScript GC, IPC, and JavaScript engine components (CVE-2026-0885, CVE-2026-0882, CVE-2026-0884), memory safety bugs (CVE-2026-0891), sandbox escapes due to incorrect boundary conditions and integer overflow in graphics components (CVE-2026-0878, CVE-2026-0879, CVE-2026-0880, CVE-2026-0886), information disclosure in networking and PDF viewer components (CVE-2026-0883, CVE-2026-0887), mitigation bypass in DOM security (CVE-2026-0877), and clickjacking (CVE-2026-0887). Red Hat has released updated Firefox ESR 140.7 and Firefox 147 packages to remediate these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively could allow attackers to perform spoofing, bypass security mitigations, cause use-after-free memory corruption, escape sandbox restrictions, disclose sensitive information, and conduct clickjacking attacks. These impacts can compromise browser security, potentially leading to unauthorized code execution or data exposure. The advisory rates the overall security impact as Important (high severity). No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Firefox ESR 140.7 and Firefox 147 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 that address all listed vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official security updates promptly to remediate the issues. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations 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-2026:2069
- 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: 6a27e9818dd33fbd85167c7b
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 10:22:57 UTC
Last enriched: 07/15/2026, 14:51:20 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 36
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