CVE-2026-84120

high Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: September 1, 2026 (5 days ago)
Last Modified: September 1, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the Audio/Video component of Firefox and Firefox ESR. This use-after-free vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution. A use-after-free occurs when a program attempts to use memory that has been deallocated, which can lead to memory corruption and unexpected program behavior. This could enable an attacker to take control of the affected system.

CWE

CWE-825

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 bugzilla.mozilla.org 🔗 www.mozilla.org