CVE-2026-6786

April 27, 2026, 6:57 p.m.

8.1
High

Description

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.9, Thunderbird ESR 140.9, Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149. 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 150, Firefox ESR 140.10, Thunderbird 150, and Thunderbird 140.10.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Mozilla
  • Firefox
  • Thunderbird
  • Firefox Esr
  • Thunderbird Esr
  • 140.9, 149, 150
  • 140.9, 149, 150
  • 140.10
  • 140.10

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a mozilla firefox 140.9 / / / / / / /
a mozilla thunderbird 140.9 / / / / / / /
a mozilla firefox 149 / / / / / / /
a mozilla thunderbird 149 / / / / / / /
a mozilla firefox 150 / / / / / / /
a mozilla thunderbird 150 / / / / / / /
a mozilla firefox_esr 140.10 / / / / / / /
a mozilla thunderbird_esr 140.10 / / / / / / /

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2010727%2C2019004%2C2019224%2C2019547%2C2020378%2C2022381%2C2022608%2C2022785%2C2023120%2C2023128%2C2023140%2C2023279%2C2023836%2C2023882%2C2023925%2C2023950%2C2023959%2C2023965%2C2024243%2C2024245%2C2024247%2C2024253%2C2024346%2C2024357%2C2024416%2C2024420%2C2024429%2C2024432%2C2024455%2C2024466%2C2024468%2C2024476%2C2024664%2C2024666%2C2024669%2C2024670%2C2024671%2C2024761%2C2024918%2C2025292%2C2025332%2C2025348%2C2025384%2C2025395%2C2025458%2C2025461%2C2025463%2C2025481%2C2025483%2C2025485%2C2025494%2C2025506%2C2025511%2C2025513%2C2025520%2C2026277%2C2026282%2C2026288%2C2026289%2C2026311%2C2026312%2C2026869%2C2027152%2C2027161%2C2027238%2C2027261%2C2027269%2C2027274%2C2027280%2C2027281%2C2027300%2C2027302%2C2027331%2C2027339%2C2027340%2C2027738%2C2027975%2C2028000%2C2028011%2C2028289%2C2028525%2C2028728%2C2028887%2C2028888%2C2028896%2C2029063%2C2029064%2C2029290%2C2029291%2C2029294%2C2029300%2C2029304%2C2029316%2C2029317%2C2029401%2C2029415%2C2029430%2C2029457%2C2029727%2C2029735%2C2029743%2C2029752%2C2029754%2C2029776%2C2029809%2C2030324%2C2030370
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-30/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-32/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-33/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-34/

Tags

CWE-125
[email protected]
2026-04-26
CVE-2026-6786

CVSS Score

8.1 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: April 26, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
Last Modified: April 27, 2026, 6:57 p.m.

Status : Undergoing Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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*Disclaimer: Some vulnerabilities do not have an associated CPE. To enhance the data, we use AI to infer CPEs based on CVE details. This is an automated process and might not always be accurate.