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CVE-2026-121842

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Description

Privilege escalation in the Reader View component in Firefox for iOS. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 160.0.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-09 14:17:08.400000
Last modified
2026-11-09 15:17:12.457000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-121842",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-09T14:17:08.400",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-09T15:17:12.457",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Privilege escalation in the Reader View component in Firefox for iOS. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 160.0."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Mozilla",
          "product": "Firefox for iOS",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "160.0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "versionType": "rpm",
              "status": "unaffected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
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        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvssData": {
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "baseScore": 8.8,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 2.8,
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            },
            {
              "automatable": "no"
            },
            {
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            }
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  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2076233",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-124/",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}