Widely used Firefox/Thunderbird products with a sandbox-escape that enables code execution; affects many organizations and warrants broad alerting.
CVE-2026-124907
Use-after-free in CanvasWebGL allows sandbox escape and privilege escalation in Firefox/Thunderbird
Is CVE-2026-124907 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-124907 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.33% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-124907?
CVE-2026-124907 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-124907?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-124907. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-124907 affect?
CVE-2026-124907 affects Firefox < 160, Firefox ESR < 153.7, Thunderbird < 160, Thunderbird ESR < 153.7. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-124907?
Update to Firefox 160/ESR 153.7 and Thunderbird 160/153.7 immediately.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Use-after-free in CanvasWebGL enables sandbox escape and arbitrary code execution in the browser/email process, leading to privilege escalation.
Immediate action required
cisa ssvc
- exploitation
- none
- automatable
- no
- technical impact
- total
Assessed by CISA 10 Nov 2026 (SSVC 2.0.3).
timeline
- 10 Nov 2026Published
- 10 Nov 2026CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none · same day later
- 10 Nov 2026CVE record last updated · same day later
- 12 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · 1 day later
- Linkbugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=2087324
- Linkmozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2026-125/
- Linkmozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2026-127/
- Linkmozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2026-128/
- Linkmozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2026-129/
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- CISA Vulnrichment (ADP): SSVC decision points
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.