Description
Privilege escalation due to use-after-free in the WebRTC: Signaling component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 159 and Thunderbird 159.
Published: 2026-10-27
Score: n/a
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 02:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-416

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-825
References
Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

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Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-416

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-416

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Description Privilege escalation due to use-after-free in the WebRTC: Signaling component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 159. Privilege escalation due to use-after-free in the WebRTC: Signaling component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 159 and Thunderbird 159.
References

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla firefox

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-416

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Description Privilege escalation due to use-after-free in the WebRTC: Signaling component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 159.
Title Privilege escalation due to use-after-free in the WebRTC: Signaling component
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-27T18:16:47.829Z

Reserved: 2026-10-27T14:05:58.516Z

Link: CVE-2026-118006

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-27T14:16:58.397

Modified: 2026-10-27T19:17:26.380

Link: CVE-2026-118006

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-27T14:05:58Z

Links: CVE-2026-118006 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-30T03:30:08Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-825

    Expired Pointer Dereference