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CVE-2026-8973 Details

Description

Memory safety bugs present in 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 and Thunderbird 151.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: redhat-SADPCVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8973 redhat-SADP
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479864 redhat-SADP
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8973.json redhat-SADP
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1362365%2C1860538%2C1929005%2C1983353%2C1998526%2C2023271%2C2023943%2C2024244%2C2024260%2C2024443%2C2024665%2C2024774%2C2024916%2C2025346%2C2025357%2C2025406%2C2025434%2C2025488%2C2025496%2C2025942%2C2025947%2C2025968%2C2026279%2C2027159%2C2027239%2C2027276%2C2027308%2C2027310%2C2027324%2C2027329%2C2027363%2C2027381%2C2027382%2C2027383%2C2028274%2C2028884%2C2029060%2C2029065%2C2029068%2C2029281%2C2029293%2C2029297%2C2029303%2C2029439%2C2029448%2C2029703%2C2029720%2C2029721%2C2029723%2C2029770%2C2029771%2C2029782%2C2029818%2C2029885%2C2030100%2C2030379%2C2030385%2C2030979%2C2031119%2C2031122%2C2034119%2C2034791%2C2035209%2C2036666%2C2037986 [email protected]Broken Link
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/ [email protected]Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCISA-ADP
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Writeredhat-SADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
< 151.0.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird
< 151.0.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-8973
NVD Published Date:
May 19, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Jul 23, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2026-8973 Details - Not Deferred