CVE-2026-2807: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Memory safety bugs present in 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 and Thunderbird 148.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-2807 encompasses a set of memory safety bugs in Mozilla Firefox 147 and Thunderbird 147, including use-after-free, integer overflow, incorrect boundary conditions, sandbox escapes, and JIT miscompilations across various components such as JavaScript engine, WebRender, DOM, Audio/Video, and Storage. These bugs present a high impact risk, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation. Mozilla fixed these vulnerabilities in Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148. The Thunderbird product is less exposed to exploitation via email due to disabled scripting in mail reading contexts. The vendor advisory details multiple related CVEs with high impact and references to bug reports. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these memory safety vulnerabilities could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, escape sandbox restrictions, escalate privileges, and cause denial of service. The vulnerabilities affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected products. Thunderbird is less susceptible to exploitation via email due to disabled scripting when reading mail, but risks remain in browser-like contexts.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla has released official fixes in Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate the vulnerabilities. No additional mitigation actions are required beyond applying the official updates.
CVE-2026-2807: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Description
Memory safety bugs present in 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 and Thunderbird 148.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-2807 encompasses a set of memory safety bugs in Mozilla Firefox 147 and Thunderbird 147, including use-after-free, integer overflow, incorrect boundary conditions, sandbox escapes, and JIT miscompilations across various components such as JavaScript engine, WebRender, DOM, Audio/Video, and Storage. These bugs present a high impact risk, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation. Mozilla fixed these vulnerabilities in Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148. The Thunderbird product is less exposed to exploitation via email due to disabled scripting in mail reading contexts. The vendor advisory details multiple related CVEs with high impact and references to bug reports. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these memory safety vulnerabilities could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, escape sandbox restrictions, escalate privileges, and cause denial of service. The vulnerabilities affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected products. Thunderbird is less susceptible to exploitation via email due to disabled scripting when reading mail, but risks remain in browser-like contexts.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla has released official fixes in Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate the vulnerabilities. No additional mitigation actions are required beyond applying the official updates.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mozilla
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-19T15:07:07.640Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-13/","vendor":"Mozilla"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-16/","vendor":"Mozilla"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2807","vendor":"Red Hat"}]
Threat ID: 699daf72be58cf853bdde2c1
Added to database: 02/24/2026, 14:02:26 UTC
Last enriched: 07/15/2026, 13:25:23 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC
Views: 435
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