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CVE-2026-2785 (GCVE-0-2026-2785)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-24 13:33 – Updated: 2026-04-13 13:53
VLAI
Title
Invalid pointer in the JavaScript Engine component
Summary
Invalid pointer in the JavaScript Engine component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-26 20:06 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Unaffected: 140.8 , ≤ 140.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 148 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Unaffected: 140.8 , ≤ 140.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 148 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
Evyatar Ben Asher, Keane Lucas, Nicholas Carlini, Newton Cheng, Daniel Freeman, Alex Gaynor, and Joel Weinberger using Claude from Anthropic
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