CVE-2026-74969

HighCVSS 8.8

Published: 18/08/2026(UTC)Updated: 19/08/2026(UTC)Translated: 19/08/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.16%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

Use-after-free in the Layout: Text and Fonts component. Fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 115.39, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.

Risk Assessment

May lead to crashes or potentially arbitrary code execution, posing a serious threat.

Recommendation

Immediately update Firefox and Thunderbird to the patched versions.

Original NVD description (English source)

Use-after-free in the Layout: Text and Fonts component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 115.39, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.