CVE-2026-8975

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 35.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-23.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-05-19 12:30Z3 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-07-15 02:47Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-05-19

Assigning CNA

mozilla

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

33676a2a4883c3fd4a9402c49aea59748b90416d206b2705784cd4caf597d120

• bugzilla.mozilla.orgMemory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11 and Firefox 151https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1860195%2C2029325%2C2029429%2C2029910%2C2035915%2C2038678%2C2038669
• www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/
• www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-47/
• www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/
• www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/
• www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/
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• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2479840https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479840issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8975.jsonx_sadp-csaf-vex
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