CVE-2026-6784: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149. 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 150 and Thunderbird 150.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-6784 covers a set of memory safety vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149. These include use-after-free, uninitialized memory, and incorrect boundary conditions that lead to memory corruption. The vulnerabilities could be exploited to run arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Mozilla fixed these issues in Firefox 150 and Thunderbird 150. The advisory details multiple related CVEs with high and moderate impacts, emphasizing the critical nature of these memory safety bugs. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at the time of disclosure.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities allow for potential arbitrary code execution due to memory corruption issues. This impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected products. While Thunderbird's risk is mitigated by disabled scripting in mail reading contexts, Firefox users are exposed to higher risk. The overall impact is rated high with a CVSS score of 7.5. No known active exploitation has been observed.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla has released official fixes in Firefox 150 and Thunderbird 150. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate the vulnerabilities. Since this is not a cloud service, manual patching is required. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official updates.
CVE-2026-6784: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Description
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149. 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 150 and Thunderbird 150.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-6784 covers a set of memory safety vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149. These include use-after-free, uninitialized memory, and incorrect boundary conditions that lead to memory corruption. The vulnerabilities could be exploited to run arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Mozilla fixed these issues in Firefox 150 and Thunderbird 150. The advisory details multiple related CVEs with high and moderate impacts, emphasizing the critical nature of these memory safety bugs. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at the time of disclosure.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities allow for potential arbitrary code execution due to memory corruption issues. This impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected products. While Thunderbird's risk is mitigated by disabled scripting in mail reading contexts, Firefox users are exposed to higher risk. The overall impact is rated high with a CVSS score of 7.5. No known active exploitation has been observed.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla has released official fixes in Firefox 150 and Thunderbird 150. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate the vulnerabilities. Since this is not a cloud service, manual patching is required. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official updates.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mozilla
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-21T12:41:12.823Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-30/","vendor":"Mozilla"}]
Threat ID: 69e778a219fe3cd2cdd1662e
Added to database: 04/21/2026, 13:16:18 UTC
Last enriched: 07/15/2026, 09:37:16 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:23:00 UTC
Views: 130
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