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CVE-2026-5731

CRITICAL 9.8

Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.34.1, Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.1, Firefox 149.0.2 and Thunderbird 149.0.2

CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.34.0, Firefox ESR 140.9.0, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.0, Firefox 149.0.1 and Thunderbird 149.0.1. 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 149.0.2, Firefox ESR 115.34.1, Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird 149.0.2, and Thunderbird 140.9.1.

Vendor mozilla
Product firefox
Ecosystems
Industries
Technology
Published Apr 7, 2026
Last Updated Apr 13, 2026
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Affected Versions

Mozilla / Firefox
All versions affected
Mozilla / Thunderbird
All versions affected

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
bugzilla.mozilla.org: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2021894%2C2022225%2C2022252%2C2022294%2C2023007%2C2023130%2C2023191%2C2023364%2C2023829%2C2024074%2C2024417%2C2024433%2C2024436%2C2024437%2C2024453%2C2024461%2C2024462%2C2024472%2C2024474%2C2024477%2C2025364%2C2025401%2C2025402%2C2025472%2C2026287%2C2026299%2C2026305%2C2026426 mozilla.org: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-25/ mozilla.org: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-26/ mozilla.org: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-27/ mozilla.org: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-28/ mozilla.org: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-29/

Credits

Brian Grinstead, Christian Holler, Tom Schuster and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team