CVE-2026-8974
HIGH 8.8Memory 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.
ELEVATED IMPACT
Severe if exploited (CVSS 8.8), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.3%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 25th percentile
○ In CISA KEV
○ Public exploit / PoC
Impact if exploited
8.8CVSS 3.1 · HIGH
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ⚠User interaction: A user must take an action (click / open a file)
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119: Memory buffer overflow
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Technical & other
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1784128%2C1883230%2C1983677%2C2022390%2C2023116%2C2023657%2C2024255%2C2024418%2C2024441%2C2024447%2C2024966%2C2025412%2C2025467%2C2025940%2C2025950%2C2025956%2C2026284%2C2027247%2C2027255%2C2027288%2C2027306%2C2027322%2C2027332%2C2027333%2C2028266%2C2028292%2C2028319%2C2028526%2C2028870%2C2028876%2C2028882%2C2029062%2C2029309%2C2029414%2C2029422%2C2029428%2C2029447%2C2029732%2C2029785%2C2029793%2C2029813%2C2029899%2C2031028%2C2031457%2C2032039%2C2033610%2C2033854%2C2034498%2C2034628%2C2034978%2C2035966%2C2036668%2C2036905%2C2036930
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/