Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird ESR 140.8, Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148. 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 < 149, Firefox ESR < 140.9, Thunderbird < 149, and Thunderbird < 140.9.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6178-1 firefox-esr security update
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History

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:15:00 +0000


Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mozilla thunderbird
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla thunderbird

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-120
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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'}


Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Description Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird ESR 140.8, Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148. 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 < 149 and Firefox ESR < 140.9. Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird ESR 140.8, Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148. 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 < 149, Firefox ESR < 140.9, Thunderbird < 149, and Thunderbird < 140.9.
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Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird ESR 140.8, Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148. 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 < 149 and Firefox ESR < 140.9.
Title Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.9, Thunderbird ESR 140.9, Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-25T13:10:13.381Z

Reserved: 2026-03-23T23:22:41.974Z

Link: CVE-2026-4720

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-25T13:09:40.957Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-24T13:16:07.893

Modified: 2026-03-25T20:56:19.130

Link: CVE-2026-4720

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-03-24T12:30:43Z

Links: CVE-2026-4720 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-25T20:50:22Z

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