Description
Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 140.10 and Thunderbird 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 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
Published: 2026-05-19
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerabilities in Thunderbird 140.10 and Thunderbird 150 involve memory corruption bugs that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code if sufficient effort is applied. The description only indicates memory corruption; the specific location (heap or stack) is not specified and remains inferred. Successful exploitation would grant attackers full control over the affected Thunderbird process, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of user data and system resources.

Affected Systems

Mozilla Thunderbird with the following releases: Thunderbird 140.10 and Thunderbird 150. These releases were affected by the memory safety bugs described in the CVE. The vulnerabilities were fixed in Thunderbird 140.11 and 151. Although Mozilla Firefox is mentioned in the CVE, no specific affected Firefox versions are listed; the patch was applied in Firefox 151 and Firefox ESR 140.11.

Risk and Exploitability

Concrete exploitation details are not disclosed, EPSS not available, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Because the bugs are classic memory corruption that could lead to arbitrary code execution, the CVSS score of 9.8 indicates a critical severity. Based on the description, it is inferred that the attack vector could involve specially crafted email content, such as attachments or HTML emails that Thunderbird processes, triggering the memory corruption.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 19, 2026 at 20:51 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade Thunderbird to the latest patched release (140.11 or 151).
  • Upgrade Firefox to the latest patched release (151 or ESR 140.11).
  • Restart Firefox and Thunderbird (or reboot) to load the updated memory safety libraries.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 19, 2026 at 20:51 UTC.

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History

Wed, 20 May 2026 18:15:00 +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

Tue, 19 May 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-754
CWE-787

Tue, 19 May 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Memory safety bugs present in 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 and Firefox ESR 140.11. Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 140.10 and Thunderbird 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 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
Title Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.11 and Firefox 151 Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 140.11 and Thunderbird 151
References

Tue, 19 May 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-754
CWE-787
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': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 19 May 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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

Tue, 19 May 2026 13:45:00 +0000


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Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-20T15:39:29.668Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T12:30:22.393Z

Link: CVE-2026-8974

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Updated: 2026-05-19T15:13:10.454Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-19T14:16:53.977

Modified: 2026-05-20T18:13:14.840

Link: CVE-2026-8974

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-05-19T21:00:11Z

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