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Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

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High
Published: 02/05/2026 (02/05/2026, 10:39:09 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 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

Affected versions
>=8.8

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Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 07/15/2026, 14:51:20 UTC

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.

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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-2026:2069
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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