Internally found bugs present in 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 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
History

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:15:00 +0000

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Description Internally found bugs present in 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 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1. Internally found bugs present in 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 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
Title Internally found bugs fixed in Thunderbird ESR 153.1 and Thunderbird 154 Internally found bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 153.1 and Firefox 154

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


Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-122
CWE-416

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Internally found bugs present in 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 and Firefox ESR 153.1. Internally found bugs present in 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 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
Title Internally found bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 153.1 and Firefox 154 Internally found bugs fixed in Thunderbird ESR 153.1 and Thunderbird 154
References

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Weaknesses CWE-122
CWE-416
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla firefox

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Internally found bugs present in 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 and Firefox ESR 153.1.
Title Internally found bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 153.1 and Firefox 154
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2026-08-18T12:23:41.611Z

Updated: 2026-08-24T08:51:18.389Z

Reserved: 2026-08-17T11:59:23.074Z

Link: CVE-2026-74988

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T15:49:29.960Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2026-08-18T13:17:40.687

Modified: 2026-08-24T09:16:46.707

Link: CVE-2026-74988

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-18T12:23:41Z

Links: CVE-2026-74988 - Bugzilla