CVE-2026-8972

high

Description

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

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-30924

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033275

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-19

Updated: 2026-07-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00437