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CVE-2026-16359

Status: AnalyzedCritical (9.1)—

Incorrect boundary conditions in the Audio/Video: GMP component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, Firefox ESR 140.13, Thunderbird 153, and Thunderbird 140.13.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

Vector CVSS AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N indica explotación remota sin privilegios (T1190). CWE-119 (buffer overflow) en componente de audio/vídeo permite ejecución de código (T1059) y acceso a datos en memoria (T1005).

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Privileged Account ManagementVulnerability ScanningRestrict Web-Based ContentNetwork SegmentationLimit Software InstallationLimit Access to Resource Over Network

Affected technologies (2)

Mozilla — FirefoxMozilla — Thunderbird

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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