Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2026-2798

Use-after-free in the DOM: Core & HTML component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-2798: held from 0.002 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-2798?
CVE-2026-2798 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-02-24.
How severe is CVE-2026-2798?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.