CVE-2026-8974
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.10 and Firefox 150.
Published May 19, 2026 · updated Jul 23, 2026 · mozilla firefox
Memory safety bugs present in 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 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
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Timeline
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May 19, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Memory safety bugs present in 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 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
Jul 23, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Memory safety bugs present in 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 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
Affected
- cpe mozilla/firefoxversion unspecified
- cpe mozilla/thunderbirdversion unspecified
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-8974
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-8974
Memory safety bugs present in 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
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