CVE-2026-8093: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 150.0.1. 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 150.0.2 and Thunderbird 150.0.2.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves memory safety bugs in Firefox 150.0.1 that showed evidence of memory corruption. While no active exploitation has been observed, the bugs could potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with sufficient effort. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-8093 and is related to common weaknesses CWE-119 and CWE-120. Mozilla released an official fix in Firefox 150.0.2, addressing these issues. The vendor advisory confirms the high impact and provides references to the fixed versions.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these memory safety bugs could lead to arbitrary code execution, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. The CVSS score of 8.1 reflects a high impact with network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, and no user interaction needed.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla has released an official fix for this vulnerability in Firefox version 150.0.2. Users and administrators should update to Firefox 150.0.2 or later to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-8093: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Description
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 150.0.1. 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 150.0.2 and Thunderbird 150.0.2.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.1high
Affected software
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves memory safety bugs in Firefox 150.0.1 that showed evidence of memory corruption. While no active exploitation has been observed, the bugs could potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with sufficient effort. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-8093 and is related to common weaknesses CWE-119 and CWE-120. Mozilla released an official fix in Firefox 150.0.2, addressing these issues. The vendor advisory confirms the high impact and provides references to the fixed versions.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these memory safety bugs could lead to arbitrary code execution, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. The CVSS score of 8.1 reflects a high impact with network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, and no user interaction needed.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla has released an official fix for this vulnerability in Firefox version 150.0.2. Users and administrators should update to Firefox 150.0.2 or later to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mozilla
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-07T12:45:07.174Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-40/","vendor":"Mozilla"}]
Threat ID: 69fc8e61cbff5d8610ef2cc5
Added to database: 05/07/2026, 13:06:41 UTC
Last enriched: 07/15/2026, 09:41:24 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:23:00 UTC
Views: 180
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