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 115.36, 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

Memory safety bugs were identified in Mozilla Thunderbird 140.10 and Thunderbird 150. The defects could corrupt process memory and, with sufficient effort, allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Although Thunderbird is the primary affected product, the same patch set that fixed these issues also addresses Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 115.36, and Firefox ESR 140.11.

Affected Systems

Affected products include Mozilla Thunderbird, specifically versions 140.10 and 150. The vulnerability was addressed in Thunderbird 151 and Thunderbird 140.11. The fix was also incorporated into multiple Firefox releases (Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 115.36, and Firefox ESR 140.11) at the time of the advisory, though those Firefox versions were not reported as directly impacted by the memory safety bugs.

Risk and Exploitability

EPSS data is unavailable and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. The CVE lists a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating high severity. The attack vector is not specified; it is inferred that the exploitation could arise from processing untrusted content, whether locally or remotely. Due to the lack of publicly reported exploitation, the risk assessment relies solely on the described vulnerability features.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 19, 2026 at 19:23 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update Mozilla Thunderbird to version 151 or newer, or to the newer supported version 140.11, to apply the memory safety fixes.
  • Apply the same update to Mozilla Firefox, installing version 151, Firefox ESR 115.36, or Firefox ESR 140.11.
  • Restart all affected Thunderbird and Firefox instances after the update to ensure the new binaries are running.
  • If an upgrade cannot be performed immediately, limit exposure by disabling add‑ons or features that load untrusted external content until a patched version is available.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 19, 2026 at 19:23 UTC.

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History

Wed, 20 May 2026 14:45:00 +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-120
CWE-122

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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, 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 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
Title Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.36, 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
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
Weaknesses CWE-120
CWE-122

Tue, 19 May 2026 15:15:00 +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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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, and Firefox ESR 140.11.
Title Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11 and Firefox 151
References

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-20T15:39:49.342Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T12:30:23.949Z

Link: CVE-2026-8975

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-19T15:17:55.326Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2026-05-19T14:16:54.090

Modified: 2026-05-20T17:16:31.980

Link: CVE-2026-8975

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-19T19:30:12Z

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