Sandbox escape via GMP frame-size integer overflow
Published Mar 24, 2026 · Updated Mar 24, 2026
Heap-buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 149 and Thunderbird before 149 allows attackers to escape a compromised GMP process via frame metadata. GMP CheckFrameData multiplies untrusted plane strides and heights as raw 32-bit integers, letting overflowed sizes pass validation before Decoded allocates a too-small buffer and copies frame data past its end. Exploitation requires prior control of a GMP child processing encrypted media; Firefox ESR before 115.34 and 140.x before 140.9 and Thunderbird 140.x before 140.9 are also affected, and the escape reaches only a communicating content process.
Summary
What happened
Heap-buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 149 and Thunderbird before 149 allows attackers to escape a compromised GMP process via frame metadata. GMP CheckFrameData multiplies untrusted plane strides and heights as raw 32-bit integers, letting overflowed sizes pass validation before Decoded allocates a too-small buffer and copies frame data past its end. Exploitation requires prior control of a GMP child processing encrypted media; Firefox ESR before 115.34 and 140.x before 140.9 and Thunderbird 140.x before 140.9 are also affected, and the escape reaches only a communicating content process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-4709
- Published
- Mar 24, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 24, 2026
- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Firefox
- Classifications
- CWE-754, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 24, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 24, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <149
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Public exploit references
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