Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.6, Thunderbird ESR 140.6, Firefox 146 and Thunderbird 146. 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 affects Firefox < 147 and Firefox ESR < 140.7.
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Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Mozilla firefox Esr
Mozilla thunderbird
Mozilla thunderbird Esr
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Mozilla firefox Esr
Mozilla thunderbird
Mozilla thunderbird Esr

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:15:00 +0000


Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-119
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000

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Description Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.6, Thunderbird ESR 140.6, Firefox 146 and Thunderbird 146. 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 affects Firefox < 147 and Firefox ESR < 140.7.
Title Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.7, Thunderbird ESR 140.7, Firefox 147 and Thunderbird 147
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-13T14:33:38.952Z

Reserved: 2026-01-13T13:30:59.286Z

Link: CVE-2026-0891

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-13T14:33:02.676Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-13T14:16:39.627

Modified: 2026-01-14T16:26:00.933

Link: CVE-2026-0891

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-01-13T13:30:59Z

Links: CVE-2026-0891 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-14T11:09:08Z

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