Internally found bugs present in Thunderbird ESR 140.13, Thunderbird ESR 153.0 and Thunderbird 153. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
History

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000


Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Mozilla thunderbird
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla thunderbird

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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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, 18 Aug 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-787

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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Description Internally found bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.13, Firefox ESR 153.0 and Firefox 153. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 140.14, and Firefox ESR 153.1. Internally found bugs present in Thunderbird ESR 140.13, Thunderbird ESR 153.0 and Thunderbird 153. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
Title Internally found bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1 and Firefox 154 Internally found bugs fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.14, Thunderbird ESR 153.1 and Thunderbird 154
References

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla firefox

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-787

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Internally found bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.13, Firefox ESR 153.0 and Firefox 153. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 140.14, and Firefox ESR 153.1.
Title Internally found bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1 and Firefox 154
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2026-08-18T12:23:34.847Z

Updated: 2026-08-19T13:05:54.373Z

Reserved: 2026-08-17T11:59:22.495Z

Link: CVE-2026-74987

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-19T13:05:34.146Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-18T13:17:40.560

Modified: 2026-08-19T15:19:36.800

Link: CVE-2026-74987

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-18T12:23:34Z

Links: CVE-2026-74987 - Bugzilla