CVE-2026-8973

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Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 150. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151.

8.8 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1362365%2C1860538%2C1929005%2C1983353%2C1998526%2C2023271%2C2023943%2C2024244%2C2024260%2C2024443%2C2024665%2C2024774%2C2024916%2C2025346%2C2025357%2C2025406%2C2025434%2C2025488%2C2025496%2C2025942%2C2025947%2C2025968%2C2026279%2C2027159%2C2027239%2C2027276%2C2027308%2C2027310%2C2027324%2C2027329%2C2027363%2C2027381%2C2027382%2C2027383%2C2028274%2C2028884%2C2029060%2C2029065%2C2029068%2C2029281%2C2029293%2C2029297%2C2029303%2C2029439%2C2029448%2C2029703%2C2029720%2C2029721%2C2029723%2C2029770%2C2029771%2C2029782%2C2029818%2C2029885%2C2030100%2C2030379%2C2030385%2C2030979%2C2031119%2C2031122%2C2034119%2C2034791%2C2035209%2C2036666%2C2037986 Broken Link
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/ Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8973
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479864
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8973.json
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
History

30 Jun 2026, 03:21

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8973 -
  • () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479864 -
  • () https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8973.json -
CWE CWE-787

26 May 2026, 18:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary (en) Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 150. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151. (en) Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 150. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151.

20 May 2026, 17:50

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
First Time Mozilla thunderbird
Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1362365%2C1860538%2C1929005%2C1983353%2C1998526%2C2023271%2C2023943%2C2024244%2C2024260%2C2024443%2C2024665%2C2024774%2C2024916%2C2025346%2C2025357%2C2025406%2C2025434%2C2025488%2C2025496%2C2025942%2C2025947%2C2025968%2C2026279%2C2027159%2C2027239%2C2027276%2C2027308%2C2027310%2C2027324%2C2027329%2C2027363%2C2027381%2C2027382%2C2027383%2C2028274%2C2028884%2C2029060%2C2029065%2C2029068%2C2029281%2C2029293%2C2029297%2C2029303%2C2029439%2C2029448%2C2029703%2C2029720%2C2029721%2C2029723%2C2029770%2C2029771%2C2029782%2C2029818%2C2029885%2C2030100%2C2030379%2C2030385%2C2030979%2C2031119%2C2031122%2C2034119%2C2034791%2C2035209%2C2036666%2C2037986 - () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1362365%2C1860538%2C1929005%2C1983353%2C1998526%2C2023271%2C2023943%2C2024244%2C2024260%2C2024443%2C2024665%2C2024774%2C2024916%2C2025346%2C2025357%2C2025406%2C2025434%2C2025488%2C2025496%2C2025942%2C2025947%2C2025968%2C2026279%2C2027159%2C2027239%2C2027276%2C2027308%2C2027310%2C2027324%2C2027329%2C2027363%2C2027381%2C2027382%2C2027383%2C2028274%2C2028884%2C2029060%2C2029065%2C2029068%2C2029281%2C2029293%2C2029297%2C2029303%2C2029439%2C2029448%2C2029703%2C2029720%2C2029721%2C2029723%2C2029770%2C2029771%2C2029782%2C2029818%2C2029885%2C2030100%2C2030379%2C2030385%2C2030979%2C2031119%2C2031122%2C2034119%2C2034791%2C2035209%2C2036666%2C2037986 - Broken Link
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/ - Vendor Advisory

20 May 2026, 17:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.8

19 May 2026, 18:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary (en) Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 150. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151. (en) Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 150. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151.
References
  • () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/ -

19 May 2026, 16:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8
CWE CWE-119

19 May 2026, 14:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2026-05-19 14:16

Updated : 2026-07-15 01:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-8973

Mitre link : CVE-2026-8973

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-8973

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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox
  • thunderbird
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write