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FKIE_CVE-2026-8975

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-19 14:16 - Updated: 2026-06-30 03:21

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
security@mozilla.org	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1860195%2C2029325%2C2029429%2C2029910%2C2035915%2C2038678%2C2038669	Permissions Required
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-47/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/	Vendor Advisory
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21378
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21380
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21381
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21382
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22325
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22643
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26174
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26268
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26269
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26270
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26491
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26492
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26493
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26521
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26536
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26539
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26551
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26606
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26629
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26630
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27715
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8975
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479840
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c	https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8975.json

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
mozilla	firefox	*
mozilla	firefox	*
mozilla	firefox	*
mozilla	thunderbird	*
mozilla	thunderbird	*

JSON

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CVE-2026-8975 (GCVE-0-2026-8975)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-19 12:30 – Updated: 2026-06-30 03:18

Title

Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11 and Firefox 151

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

mozilla

References

30 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1…
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8975	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479840	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/v…	x_sadp-csaf-vex
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26551	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27715	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26630	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26268	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26491	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26269	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26493	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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Impacted products

19 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Mozilla	Firefox	Unaffected: 115.36 , ≤ 115.* (rpm) Unaffected: 140.11 , ≤ 140.* (rpm) Unaffected: 151 , ≤ * (rpm)
Mozilla	Thunderbird	Unaffected: 140.11 , ≤ 140.* (rpm) Unaffected: 151 , ≤ * (rpm)
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)	cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4)	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

Credits

Andrew McCreight, Valentin Gosu, Nika Layzell, Tom Schuster and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team

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          "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11 and Firefox 151"
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe",
    "assignerShortName": "mozilla",
    "cveId": "CVE-2026-8975",
    "datePublished": "2026-05-19T12:30:24.616Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-05-19T12:30:23.949Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-06-30T03:18:02.262Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.2"
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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FKIE_CVE-2026-8975

CVE-2026-8975 (GCVE-0-2026-8975)

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature