Security Resilience

CVE-2026-6749

Memory Safety in Mozilla Firefox ≤ 115.35.0

Published
21 April 2026
Modified
15 July 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0060 48th percentile
Risk Priority 58 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2026-6749 is a high-severity Use of Uninitialized Resource (CWE-908) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Steganography (T1001.002); ranked at the 48th 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-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — 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-2026-6749 is an information disclosure vulnerability caused by uninitialized memory in the Graphics: Canvas2D component of Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. Classified under CWE-908, it received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) and was published on 2026-04-21. The flaw affects versions of Firefox prior to 150, Firefox ESR prior to 115.35 and 140.10, Thunderbird prior to 150, and Thunderbird prior to 140.10.

Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity, without requiring user privileges or interaction. Exploitation enables high-impact confidentiality violations by leaking contents of uninitialized memory through the Canvas2D interface, potentially exposing sensitive data rendered or processed in the browser.

Mozilla's security advisories MFSA 2026-30, MFSA 2026-31, MFSA 2026-32, and MFSA 2026-33, along with Bugzilla entry 2022610, document the issue and confirm fixes in the specified versions. Mitigation requires updating to Firefox 150, Firefox ESR 115.35 or 140.10, Thunderbird 150, or Thunderbird 140.10.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Information disclosure due to uninitialized memory in the Graphics: Canvas2D component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150, Firefox ESR 115.35, Firefox ESR 140.10, Thunderbird 150, and Thunderbird 140.10.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001.002 Steganography Command And Control
Adversaries may use steganographic techniques to hide command and control traffic to make detection efforts more difficult.
T1003 OS Credential Dumping Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump credentials to obtain account login and credential material, normally in the form of a hash or a clear text password.
T1003.001 LSASS Memory Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access credential material stored in the process memory of the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS).
T1003.002 Security Account Manager Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to extract credential material from the Security Account Manager (SAM) database either through in-memory techniques or through the Windows Registry where the SAM database is stored.
T1003.003 NTDS Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access or create a copy of the Active Directory domain database in order to steal credential information, as well as obtain other information about domain members such as devices, users, and access rights.
T1003.004 LSA Secrets Credential Access
Adversaries with SYSTEM access to a host may attempt to access Local Security Authority (LSA) secrets, which can contain a variety of different credential materials, such as credentials for service accounts.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

mozilla
firefox
≤ 115.35.0 · ≤ 150.0 · 140.0 — 140.10.0
mozilla
thunderbird
≤ 140.10.0

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation (including static analysis) can find uses of uninitialized resources after they are coded.

Requiring documented development standards and tools can mandate initialization checks and safe patterns that stop the weakness from being introduced.

Engineering principles can require explicit resource initialization before use, structurally avoiding uninitialized access.

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 partial match
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Secure SDLC activities such as static analysis and code review directly prevent use of uninitialized resources while also addressing many other 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.

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References