Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-10702

Memory Safety in Mozilla Firefox ≤ 151.0.3

Published
02 June 2026
Modified
22 July 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 4.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0055 43th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-10702 is a medium-severity Type Confusion (CWE-843) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Drive-by Compromise (T1189); ranked at the 43th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-2 (Flaw Remediation) and CM-7 (Least Functionality) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151.0.3.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
Why these techniques?

JIT type confusion (CWE-843) in browser JS engine directly enables client-side RCE via malicious web content (drive-by) or crafted JS payloads.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

mozilla
firefox
≤ 151.0.3

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation
  • CM-7 Least Functionality
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)
  • SI-4 System Monitoring
Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.5.2
  • V3.2.3
  • V15.3.5

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly requires timely application of the vendor patch (Firefox 151.0.3) that corrects the JIT miscompilation.

prevent

Allows disabling or restricting JIT compilation features (e.g., IonMonkey, Baseline) to reduce attack surface for type-confusion flaws.

detect

Enables monitoring of anomalous JavaScript execution or process behavior that would result from successful exploitation of the miscompiled code.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent type-confusion flaws via safe typing, static analysis, and code review while the control itself addresses many additional weaknesses.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing in development can detect type-confusion vulnerabilities through fuzzing and static analysis.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates type-safe design and review that can catch type-confusion flaws.

prevents

Application security requirements can specify strong typing and interface contracts that reduce type confusion.

prevents

Secure architecture principles promote type-safe languages and memory-safety mechanisms that mitigate type confusion.

prevents

Secure coding standards directly forbid unsafe type casts and require static-analysis checks for type confusion.

References