CVE-2026-2769 — Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-416 — Use After Free13 documents9 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 84.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla ThunderbirdMozilla Firefox
Timeline
PublishedFeb 24

Description

Use-after-free in the Storage: IndexedDB component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 115.33, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox128.0 — 140.8.0+2
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 140.8.0+1
▶Debianmozilla/thunderbird< 1:140.8.0esr-1~deb11u1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-h67m-x9c3-v9wp: Use-after-free in the Storage: IndexedDB component↗2026-02-24
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OSV
CVE-2026-2769: Use-after-free in the Storage: IndexedDB component↗2026-02-24
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CVEList
Use-after-free in the Storage: IndexedDB component↗2026-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
firefox: thunderbird: Use-after-free in the Storage: IndexedDB component↗2026-02-24
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Debian
CVE-2026-2769: firefox - Use-after-free in the Storage: IndexedDB component. This vulnerability affects F...↗2026
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2026-15: CVE-2026-2769↗
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2026-16: CVE-2026-2769↗
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2026-17: CVE-2026-2769↗
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Wiz
CVE-2026-2769 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-2769 firefox: thunderbird: Use-after-free in the Storage: IndexedDB component↗2026-02-24
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CVE-2026-2769 — Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox | cvebase