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FreeBSD : Mozilla -- Memory safety bugs (6c9ca7e3-430a-11f1-a627-b42e991fc52e)

high Nessus Plugin ID 311054

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 6c9ca7e3-430a-11f1-a627-b42e991fc52e advisory.

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 Memory safety bugs. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-6785

http://www.nessus.org/u?e96da056

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 311054

File Name: freebsd_pkg_6c9ca7e3430a11f1a627b42e991fc52e.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 4/29/2026

Updated: 4/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6785

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:firefox-esr, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:thunderbird, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:firefox

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-6785

IAVA: 2026-A-0388, 2026-A-0390