---
id: CVE-2026-8974
title: Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.10 and Firefox 150
summary: >-
  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 vulnerab…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-119
vendor: mozilla
product: firefox
affected:
  - firefox < 140.11.0
  - firefox < 151.0.0
  - thunderbird < 140.11
  - thunderbird < 151.0.0
patched:
  - firefox 151.0.0
  - thunderbird 151.0.0
published: '2026-05-19'
updated: '2026-07-23'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8974'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1784128%2C1883230%2C1983677%2C2022390%2C2023116%2C2023657%2C2024255%2C2024418%2C2024441%2C2024447%2C2024966%2C2025412%2C2025467%2C2025940%2C2025950%2C2025956%2C2026284%2C2027247%2C2027255%2C2027288%2C2027306%2C2027322%2C2027332%2C2027333%2C2028266%2C2028292%2C2028319%2C2028526%2C2028870%2C2028876%2C2028882%2C2029062%2C2029309%2C2029414%2C2029422%2C2029428%2C2029447%2C2029732%2C2029785%2C2029793%2C2029813%2C2029899%2C2031028%2C2031457%2C2032039%2C2033610%2C2033854%2C2034498%2C2034628%2C2034978%2C2035966%2C2036668%2C2036905%2C2036930
    label: security@mozilla.org
  - url: 'https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/'
    label: security@mozilla.org
  - url: 'https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/'
    label: security@mozilla.org
  - url: 'https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/'
    label: security@mozilla.org
  - url: 'https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/'
    label: security@mozilla.org
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00332
epssPercentile: 0.2663
ingestedAt: '2026-07-23T20:19:19.293Z'
---

## Overview

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, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.

## Affected

- `firefox < 140.11.0`
- `firefox < 151.0.0`
- `thunderbird < 140.11`
- `thunderbird < 151.0.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `firefox 151.0.0`
- `thunderbird 151.0.0`