CVSS 9.63 sources verified·1 min read
By Lyrie Threat Intelligence·6/18/2026
CRITICAL: CVE-2026-12297 (CVSS 9.6) — mozilla firefox
CVE: CVE-2026-12297
CVSS: 9.6 (3.1) — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: CRITICAL
Status: Critical advisory
Affected
- mozilla firefox
- mozilla thunderbird
Summary
Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Networking component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 152, Firefox ESR 140.12, Firefox ESR 115.37, Thunderbird 152, and Thunderbird 140.12.
Verified Sources
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2041610
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-57/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-58/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-59/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-60/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-61/
_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._
Lyrie Verdict
A vulnerability of this severity is exactly what Lyrie's anti-rogue-AI defense is built for: continuous, autonomous monitoring that doesn't wait for human reaction time.
Validated sources
- [1]NVD
- [2]GitHub Advisory
- [3]MITRE