CVE-2026-8968General(mozilla / firefox)

LOWCVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch mozilla firefox systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-400

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • firefox
  • thunderbird

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
firefoxthunderbird

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-05-19: 2Patch / Workaround · 2026-05-19: 1Technical Details · 2026-05-19: 205-19
Signal classification2 categories
General
150.0%
Patch
150.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
Full discourse2 posts
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Patch

    CVE-2026-8968 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… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8968

    Post summary

    CVE-2026-8968 is a denial‑of‑service flaw in the Web Codecs component caused by an invalid pointer; patches have been released in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151.

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  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    General

    CVE-2026-8968 Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in Firefox Audio/Video Web Codecs Component https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-8968

    Post summary

    The tweet simply lists CVE‑2026‑8968, noting it’s a denial‑of‑service flaw in Firefox’s Web Codecs component, and provides a link to a brief vulnerability page, with no details on PoC, exploit, patch, or active attacks.

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    4.0K followersView on X
CPE platform detail4 entries

4 of 4 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
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