CVE-2026-2793: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.32, Firefox ESR 140.7, Thunderbird ESR 140.7, Firefox 147 and Thunderbird 147. 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 148, Firefox ESR 115.33, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-2793 encompasses several memory safety bugs affecting Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird products, specifically Firefox ESR 115.32, ESR 140.7, Firefox 147, and Thunderbird 147. These bugs showed evidence of memory corruption, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. Mozilla released fixes for these vulnerabilities in Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 115.33, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8. The vulnerabilities include use-after-free, incorrect boundary conditions, integer overflows, JIT miscompilation, sandbox escapes, and other memory safety issues across various components such as JavaScript engine, graphics, audio/video, DOM, and networking. The Mozilla advisories MFSA 2026-13 and MFSA 2026-14 provide detailed references and confirm the fixes.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities have a critical impact with a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating they can be exploited remotely without privileges or user interaction to achieve complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution, sandbox escapes, privilege escalation, and information disclosure within affected Firefox and Thunderbird versions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Official fixes are available and have been released by Mozilla. Users and administrators should update to Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 115.33, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, or Thunderbird 140.8 to remediate these vulnerabilities. No additional mitigation actions are required beyond applying these updates.
CVE-2026-2793: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Description
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.32, Firefox ESR 140.7, Thunderbird ESR 140.7, Firefox 147 and Thunderbird 147. 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 148, Firefox ESR 115.33, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
Affected software
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Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-2793 encompasses several memory safety bugs affecting Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird products, specifically Firefox ESR 115.32, ESR 140.7, Firefox 147, and Thunderbird 147. These bugs showed evidence of memory corruption, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. Mozilla released fixes for these vulnerabilities in Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 115.33, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8. The vulnerabilities include use-after-free, incorrect boundary conditions, integer overflows, JIT miscompilation, sandbox escapes, and other memory safety issues across various components such as JavaScript engine, graphics, audio/video, DOM, and networking. The Mozilla advisories MFSA 2026-13 and MFSA 2026-14 provide detailed references and confirm the fixes.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities have a critical impact with a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating they can be exploited remotely without privileges or user interaction to achieve complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution, sandbox escapes, privilege escalation, and information disclosure within affected Firefox and Thunderbird versions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Official fixes are available and have been released by Mozilla. Users and administrators should update to Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 115.33, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, or Thunderbird 140.8 to remediate these vulnerabilities. No additional mitigation actions are required beyond applying these updates.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mozilla
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-19T15:06:38.377Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
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Threat ID: 699daf71be58cf853bdde252
Added to database: 02/24/2026, 14:02:25 UTC
Last enriched: 07/15/2026, 08:52:59 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC
Views: 321
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