CVE-2022-26486 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the WebGPU IPC framework affecting Firefox, Firefox ESR, Firefox for Android, Thunderbird, and Focus versions prior to their respective patches. This flaw allows for an exploitable sandbox escape, carrying a CVSS score of 9.6 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by CISA and multiple media reports, though no public exploit code is currently available. It has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, indicating its high profile and risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 91.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:* | ||
< 97.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
< 97.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* | ||
< 97.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_focus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 91.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.