Description
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151. 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 152 and Thunderbird 152.
Published: 2026-06-16
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

Mozilla released memory safety bugs in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151 that caused memory corruption. The bugs exhibit the potential to be exploited for arbitrary code execution. The weakness is categorized as CWE‑119, which affects buffer handling and can lead to arbitrary code execution when triggered.

Affected Systems

The affected products are Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird. Versions up to and including 151 are vulnerable; the vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 152 and Thunderbird 152.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 8.1 indicates a high severity risk. The EPSS score is less than 1 %, suggesting that exploitation of this vulnerability is currently unlikely but not impossible. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. The attack vector is not explicitly stated in the advisory, but based on the description it is inferred that the exploit would require the affected application to be executed, potentially with user interaction or via a malicious webpage or email attachment. No public proof‑of‑concept is disclosed, so the likelihood remains low, yet the high impact warrants prompt remediation.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on June 17, 2026 at 19:26 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade to Firefox 152 or newer, and Thunderbird 152 or newer; the patch removes the memory safety bugs.
  • Restrict execution of untrusted add‑ons or plugins in Firefox, and quarantine or disable processing of untrusted email attachments in Thunderbird until the patch is applied.
  • Continuously monitor application logs and system activity for anomalous memory access or crashes that could indicate an attempt to exploit similar memory corruption vulnerabilities.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on June 17, 2026 at 19:26 UTC.

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Advisories

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History

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

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

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, 16 Jun 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151. 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 152. Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151. 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 152 and Thunderbird 152.
References

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-119
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

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


Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:15:00 +0000


Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-17T11:09:23.959Z

Reserved: 2026-06-15T15:08:21.967Z

Link: CVE-2026-12326

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-16T15:48:43.540Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-06-16T13:16:33.380

Modified: 2026-06-16T17:16:38.157

Link: CVE-2026-12326

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-16T14:45:15Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-119

    Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer