Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting Firefox package, versions [,159)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-21755541
  • published27 Oct 2026
  • disclosed27 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-118025  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-693  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 159 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Protection Mechanism Failure in the SVG component. An attacker can cause unexpected behavior or compromise the integrity of the application by crafting malicious SVG content.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1