CVE-2026-16361

firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.38 and Firefox ESR 140.13

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 21, 2026

Updated · August 13, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in Firefox and Thunderbird. The Mozilla Foundation's Security Advisory describes the following issue: Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird ESR 140.12. 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.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-825 · Expired Pointer Dereference