CVE-2026-12292 | Incorrect boundary conditions in the Web Audio component

Incorrect boundary conditions in the Web Audio component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 152, Firefox ESR 140.12, Thunderbird 152, and Thunderbird 140.12.

Published: 2026-06-16 Last update: 2026-06-18 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-12292 is rated Low Risk (39.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.28%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-12292

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-19 0.15% 0.28% +0.13%
2 2026-06-17 0.15%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-12292

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 5.2 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-12292

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-12292

GHSA-22r2-gj47-5f7c · Severity: high — Incorrect boundary conditions in the Web Audio component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-12292

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-12292 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 3 source packages (firefox, firefox-esr, thunderbird), 11 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 11. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-12292
suse critical https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12292/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-12292 medium priority: Ubuntu including 9 source packages (firefox, mozjs102, …), 49 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, upstream): DNE 23, needs-triage 10, ignored 8, not-affected 7, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-12292

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-12292

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 140.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla firefox < 152.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 140.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 152.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-12292

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