Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting Firefox-ESR package, versions [,115.34)[116.0,140.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOXESR-15762801
  • published24 Mar 2026
  • disclosed24 Mar 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-4706  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox-ESR to version 115.34, 140.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow due to improper handling of boundary conditions in the Canvas2D component. An attacker can cause memory corruption or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying crafted input to the rendering process.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1