Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the Widget component
CVE-2026-117997

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Key Information:

Vendor: Mozilla
Status: Firefox
Vendor: CVE Published:; 27 October 2026

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What is CVE-2026-117997?

Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the Widget component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 159 and Firefox ESR 153.6.

Affected Version(s)

Firefox 153.6

Firefox 159

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2081560

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-118/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-120/

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Timeline

Vulnerability published
Oct 27, 2026
Vulnerability Reserved
Oct 27, 2026

Credit

Mozilla

CVE-2026-117997 Data

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