CVE-2026-16377 (GCVE-0-2026-16377)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-21 12:37 – Updated: 2026-07-22 19:18
VLAI
Title
Mitigation bypass in the PDF Viewer component
Summary
Mitigation bypass in the PDF Viewer component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 140.13, Thunderbird 153, and Thunderbird 140.13.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Unaffected: 140.13 , ≤ 140.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 153 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Unaffected: 140.13 , ≤ 140.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 153 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
Nikola Kojic
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