CVE-2026-8972

high

Published 2026-05-19 · Modified 2026-05-20

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

Privilege escalation in the WebRTC: Audio/Video component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
sid	Fixed	`151.0-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mozilla	firefox	`{"endExcluding":"151.0.0"}`	`151.0.0`
mozilla	thunderbird	`{"endExcluding":"151.0.0"}`	`151.0.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-269

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.