SUSE SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2026:1830-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 315046

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1830-1 advisory.

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues

Updated to Firefox Extended Support Release 140.10.2 ESR (bsc#1264378,MFSA 2026-41):

- CVE-2026-8090: Use-after-free in the DOM: Networking component.
- CVE-2026-8092: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.35.2, Firefox ESR 140.10.2 and Firefox 150.0.2.
- CVE-2026-8094: Other issue in the WebRTC component.

Updated to Firefox Extended Support Release 140.10.1 ESR (bsc#1263110,MFSA 2026-36):

- CVE-2026-7320: Information disclosure due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Audio/Video component.
- CVE-2026-7321: Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the WebRTC: Networking component.
- CVE-2026-7322: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.35.1, Firefox ESR 140.10.1 and Firefox 150.0.1.
- CVE-2026-7323: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.10.1 and Firefox 150.0.1.
- CVE-2026-8091: Incorrect boundary conditions in the Audio/Video: Playback component.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-devel and / or MozillaFirefox-translations-common packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 315046

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1830-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/16/2026

Updated: 5/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8094

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations-common

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-7320, CVE-2026-7321, CVE-2026-7322, CVE-2026-7323, CVE-2026-8090, CVE-2026-8091, CVE-2026-8092, CVE-2026-8094

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1830-1

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