Description
Internally found bugs present in Firefox 153. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154 and Thunderbird 154.
Published: 2026-08-18
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Internally found bugs present in Thunderbird 153. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154 and Thunderbird 154. Internally found bugs present in Firefox 153. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154 and Thunderbird 154.
Title Internally found bugs fixed in Thunderbird 154 Internally found bugs fixed in Firefox 154

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:15:00 +0000


Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mozilla thunderbird
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla thunderbird

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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, 18 Aug 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-125
CWE-787

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Internally found bugs present in Firefox 153. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154. Internally found bugs present in Thunderbird 153. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154 and Thunderbird 154.
Title Internally found bugs fixed in Firefox 154 Internally found bugs fixed in Thunderbird 154
References

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-125
CWE-787

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla firefox

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Internally found bugs present in Firefox 153. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154.
Title Internally found bugs fixed in Firefox 154
References

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Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-24T08:51:19.164Z

Reserved: 2026-08-17T11:59:23.603Z

Link: CVE-2026-74989

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T15:51:25.444Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2026-08-18T13:17:40.810

Modified: 2026-08-24T09:16:46.877

Link: CVE-2026-74989

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-18T12:23:41Z

Links: CVE-2026-74989 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-24T12:00:14Z

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