CVE-2026-74949

Public on 2026-08-18
Modified on 2026-08-22
Description
Privilege escalation due to use-after-free in the Graphics: Canvas2D component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 140.14, and Firefox ESR 153.1.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Firefox Extra firefox Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 firefox Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Firefox Extra firefox-amzn-policies-generic Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core thunderbird Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2026-74949 Mitre: CVE-2026-74949