High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published May 19, 2026· Updated May 26, 2026
CVE-2026-8975
CVE-2026-8975
Description
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.
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Affected products
8- Range: <=140.10, <=150
- osv-coords6 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/firefoxpkg:rpm/almalinux/firefox-x11pkg:rpm/almalinux/thunderbirdpkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 140.11.0-1.el9_8.alma.1+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: < 140.11.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.11.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.11.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.11.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 151.0.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.11.1-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-47/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cginvdPermissions Required
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