What is CVE-2026-3847?

CVE-2026-3847 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2026-3847?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2026-3847

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 148.0.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148.0.2.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (23.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox — versions 148.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@mozilla.org (Broken Link)
security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-3847?: CVE-2026-3847 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2026-3847?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.