CVE-2026-8968
7.5 HIGHDenial-of-service due to invalid pointer in the Audio/Video: Web Codecs component
Published: 2026-05-19 · Last updated: 2026-05-20
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-400
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox, thunderbird |
Description
Denial-of-service due to invalid pointer in the Audio/Video: Web Codecs component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8968
- [Other]https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030467
- [Vendor advisory]https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/
- [Vendor advisory]https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/
- [Vendor advisory]https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/
- [Vendor advisory]https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/
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