Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-8974
Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 140.11 and Thunderbird 151
CVSS 3.1
8.8High
Official description
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 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8High | 3.1 | CISA ADP / Vulnrichment (CISA-ADP) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| No product information recorded. | |||
References and advisories
5- 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/
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Details
- Published
- 2026-05-19
- Last updated
- 2026-10-21
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- mozilla
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
30.4%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer