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CVE-2026-6781 (GCVE-0-2026-6781)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-21 12:41 – Updated: 2026-05-27 16:58
VLAI
Title
Denial-of-service in the Audio/Video: Playback component
Summary
Denial-of-service in the Audio/Video: Playback component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150 and Thunderbird 150.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-22 15:04 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Unaffected: 150 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Unaffected: 150 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
LatticeBased
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