Cybersecuritynews Single-Character Typo Causes 0-Day RCE Vulnerability in Firefox
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A critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox was identified due to a single-character typo in the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine’s WebAssembly garbage collection code. The error occurred when a developer mistakenly typed '&' instead of '|', leading to the flaw's discovery by security researcher Erge while reviewing the Firefox 149 Nightly source code.
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2026-02-18
RCE vulnerability reported due to typo in Firefox code
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