CVE-2026-8975
HIGHMemory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 140.11 and Thunderbird 151
Title source: cnaDescription
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 (30)
Core 30
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21378
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21380
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21381
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21382
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22325
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22643
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26174
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26268
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26269
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26270
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26491
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26492
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26493
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26521
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26536
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26539
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26551
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26606
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26629
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26630
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27715
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8975
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479840
Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 140.11 and Thunderbird 151
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1860195%2C2029325%2C2029429%2C2029910%2C2035915%2C2038678%2C2038669
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
34.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (9)
mozilla/firefox
< 115.36.0
mozilla/firefox
< 151.0.0
Mozilla/Firefox
115.36 - 115.*
Mozilla/Firefox
140.11 - 140.*
Mozilla/Firefox
151
mozilla/thunderbird
< 140.11
mozilla/thunderbird
< 151.0.0
Mozilla/Thunderbird
140.11 - 140.*
Mozilla/Thunderbird
151
Published
May 19, 2026
Tracked Since
May 19, 2026