Track vulnerabilities like this one. Sign up free to get alerted when software you use is affected.
9.8

Firefox ESR may crash privileged process via malicious page

published 5 days ago
Summary

The extended support version of Firefox can be forced to stop working if a web page sends specially crafted data to a component called FilterNodeD2D1. This flaw could cause the browser's high‑privilege process to crash, potentially letting an attacker disrupt a user's session. Updating Firefox ESR to the latest version or applying the vendor's patch will resolve the issue.

What to do
  • Update cleanstart firefox-esr to version 115.3.0-r0.
Affected software
Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
CleanStart cleanstart firefox-esr < 115.3.0-r0
Fix: upgrade to 115.3.0-r0
Original advisory text
compromised content process could have provided malicious data to `FilterNodeD2D1` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process
Security vulnerability affects the firefox-esr package. A compromised content process could have provided malicious data to `FilterNodeD2D1` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process.
Fix within
Internet-facing 3 days
Internal 60 days
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Can be exploited automatically (estimated)
  • Gives an attacker full control (estimated)
Severity
9.8 Critical
Timeline
Published30 Oct 2026
Updated31 Oct 2026
First seen31 Oct 2026
Sources
Track software like this
Free during beta