CVE-2026-8975
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.4%
36.7th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-787
Published 2026-05-19 · modified 2026-07-23
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | R | Required |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2026-05-19 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-07-23 — Last modified (NVD)
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, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
Affected
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1860195%2C2029325%2C2029429%2C2029910%2C2035915%2C2038678%2C2038669
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-47/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21380
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21381
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21382
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22325
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22643
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26174
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26268
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26269
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26270
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26491
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26492
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26493
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26521
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26536
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26539
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26551
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26606
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26629
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26630
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27715
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8975
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479840
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8975.json