CVE-2026-8975

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.35, Firefox ESR 140.10 and 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, Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

26 May 2026, 18:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary (en) Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 140.10 and 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, Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11. (en) Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.35, Firefox ESR 140.10 and 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, Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.

20 May 2026, 17:16

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

20 May 2026, 14:40

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
First Time Mozilla thunderbird
Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1860195%2C2029325%2C2029429%2C2029910%2C2035915%2C2038678%2C2038669 - () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1860195%2C2029325%2C2029429%2C2029910%2C2035915%2C2038678%2C2038669 - Permissions Required
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/mfsa2026-47/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-47/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/ - Vendor Advisory

19 May 2026, 18:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/ -
  • () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/ -
Summary (en) Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.35, Firefox ESR 140.10 and 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, Firefox ESR 115.36, and Firefox ESR 140.11. (en) Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 140.10 and 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, Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.

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 : 2026-05-26 18:16


NVD link : CVE-2026-8975

Mitre link : CVE-2026-8975

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-8975


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox
  • thunderbird
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer