Amazon Linux 2023 : firefox (ALAS2023-2026-1652)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 315631

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1652 advisory.

Double-Free / Use-After-Free (UAF) in the `IntoIter::drop` and `ThinVec::clear` functions in the thin_vec crate. A panic in `ptr::drop_in_place` skips setting the length to zero. (CVE-2026-6654)

Use-after-free in the DOM: Core & HTML component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150, Firefox ESR 115.35, and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6746)

Use-after-free in the WebRTC component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150 and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6747)

Uninitialized memory in the Audio/Video: Web Codecs component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150 and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6748)

Information disclosure due to uninitialized memory in the Graphics: Canvas2D component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150, Firefox ESR 115.35, and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6749)

Privilege escalation in the Graphics: WebRender component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150, Firefox ESR 115.35, and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6750)

Uninitialized memory in the Audio/Video: Web Codecs component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150 and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6751)

Incorrect boundary conditions in the WebRTC component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150, Firefox ESR 115.35, and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6752)

Incorrect boundary conditions in the WebRTC component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150 and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6753)

Use-after-free in the JavaScript Engine component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150, Firefox ESR 115.35, and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6754)

Invalid pointer in the JavaScript: WebAssembly component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150 and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6757)

Privilege escalation in the Networking component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150 and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6761)

Spoofing issue in the DOM: Core & HTML component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150, Firefox ESR 115.35, and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6762)

Mitigation bypass in the File Handling component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150 and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6763)

Incorrect boundary conditions in the DOM: Device Interfaces component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150 and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6764)

Information disclosure in the Form Autofill component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150 and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6765)

Incorrect boundary conditions in the Libraries component in NSS. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150, Firefox ESR 140.10, Thunderbird 150, and Thunderbird 140.10. (CVE-2026-6766)

Other issue in the Libraries component in NSS. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150, Firefox ESR 115.35, and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6767)

Privilege escalation in the Debugger component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150 and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6769)

Other issue in the Storage: IndexedDB component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150 and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6770)

Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Security component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150 and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6771)

Incorrect boundary conditions in the Libraries component in NSS. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150, Firefox ESR 115.35, and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6772)

Incorrect boundary conditions in the WebRTC: Networking component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150 and Firefox ESR 140.10. (CVE-2026-6776)

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.34, Firefox ESR 140.9, Thunderbird ESR 140.9, Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149. 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. (CVE-2026-6785)

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.9, Thunderbird ESR 140.9, Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149.
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. (CVE-2026-6786)

Information disclosure due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Audio/Video component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150.0.1, Firefox ESR 140.10.1, and Firefox ESR 115.35.1.
(CVE-2026-7320)

Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the WebRTC: Networking component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 140.10.1. (CVE-2026-7321)

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.35.0, Firefox ESR 140.10.0, Thunderbird ESR 140.10.0, Firefox 150.0.0 and Thunderbird 150.0.0. 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. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150.0.1, Firefox ESR 140.10.1, and Firefox ESR 115.35.1.
(CVE-2026-7322)

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.10.0, Thunderbird ESR 140.10.0, Firefox 150.0.0 and Thunderbird 150.0.0. 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. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150.0.1 and Firefox ESR 140.10.1. (CVE-2026-7323)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'dnf update firefox --releasever 2023.11.20260511' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-1652 --releasever 2023.11.20260511' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 315631

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2026-1652.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/20/2026

Updated: 5/20/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6654

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:firefox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:firefox-debugsource

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-6654, CVE-2026-6746, CVE-2026-6747, CVE-2026-6748, CVE-2026-6749, CVE-2026-6750, CVE-2026-6751, CVE-2026-6752, CVE-2026-6753, CVE-2026-6754, CVE-2026-6757, CVE-2026-6761, CVE-2026-6762, CVE-2026-6763, CVE-2026-6764, CVE-2026-6765, CVE-2026-6766, CVE-2026-6767, CVE-2026-6769, CVE-2026-6770, CVE-2026-6771, CVE-2026-6772, CVE-2026-6776, CVE-2026-6785, CVE-2026-6786, CVE-2026-7320, CVE-2026-7321, CVE-2026-7322, CVE-2026-7323

IAVA: 2026-A-0388-S, 2026-A-0409-S

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