Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2026-2779 is a critical-severity Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Process Injection (T1055); ranked at the 46th 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 SA-8 (Security and Privacy Engineering Principles) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2026-2779 is a vulnerability involving incorrect boundary conditions in the Networking: JAR component of Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. It affects versions prior to Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8, and is associated with CWE-119 (likely a buffer overflow due to improper bounds checking), as indicated by NVD-CWE-noinfo. The issue carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting its critical severity.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation enables high-impact compromise, including unauthorized access to sensitive data (confidentiality), modification of system state (integrity), and disruption of services (availability).
Mozilla security advisories (MFSA 2026-13, 15, 16, and 17) and the associated Bugzilla entry detail the patch, recommending immediate updates to Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, or Thunderbird 140.8 to mitigate the issue.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-8499
Vulnerability Data
Incorrect boundary conditions in the Networking: JAR component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8.
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Secure engineering principles require memory-safe design and coding that structurally avoids buffer-boundary violations.
Input validation directly enforces bounds checking that stops out-of-bounds reads/writes from being introduced or reached.
Memory protection restricts exploitation impact of buffer overflows without eliminating the underlying coding flaw.
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.
Secure SDLC practices (bounds checking, safe APIs, reviews) directly prevent this class of flaw.
Vulnerability scanning and code analysis directly surface buffer-boundary flaws.
Receiving and triaging vulnerability disclosures commonly includes buffer-related reports.
Developer training on secure coding reduces introduction of memory-buffer errors.
Patching replaces vulnerable code containing buffer-boundary defects.
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.
Security testing in development catches out-of-bounds accesses before release, covering most instances of the weakness.
Secure development lifecycle mandates memory-safety practices that directly prevent buffer-boundary violations.
Application security requirements can specify memory-safety rules, but do not prescribe implementation details.
Secure architecture and engineering principles include memory-safe design patterns that mitigate buffer overflows.
Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe buffer operations, directly eliminating CWE-119.