Description
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 152. 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 153 and Thunderbird 153.
Published: 2026-07-21
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000


Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 152. 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 153 and Thunderbird 153. Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 152. 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 153 and Thunderbird 153.
Title Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 153 Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 153

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 152. 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 153. Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 152. 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 153 and Thunderbird 153.
Title Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 153 Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 153
References

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla firefox

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +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, 21 Jul 2026 12:45:00 +0000


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-24T03:55:33.614Z

Reserved: 2026-07-20T21:57:54.086Z

Link: CVE-2026-16411

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-21T19:14:59.312Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-07-21T12:38:22Z

Links: CVE-2026-16411 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-27T16:15:03Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-119

    Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

  • CWE-825

    Expired Pointer Dereference