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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4592-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4594-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6283-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6288-1 thunderbird security update
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21378 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21380 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21381 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21382 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22325 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22643 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26174 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26268 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26269 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26270 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26491 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26492 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26493 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26521 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26536 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26539 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26551 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26606 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26629 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26630 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27715 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8975 cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1860195%2C2029325%2C2029429%2C2029910%2C2035915%2C2038678%2C2038669 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479840 cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8975 cve-icon
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8975.json cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8975 cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-47/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/#CVE-2026-8975 cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 26 May 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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

Fri, 22 May 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Thu, 21 May 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

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


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: 2026-07-15T02:47:59.420Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-8975

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-15T02:47:59.420Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-07-23T20:10:00.130

Link: CVE-2026-8975

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-05-19T12:30:24Z

Links: CVE-2026-8975 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-26T20:00:15Z

Weaknesses