Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird ESR 140.8, Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148. 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 affects Firefox < 149 and Firefox ESR < 140.9.
History

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:45:00 +0000

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Description Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird ESR 140.8, Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148. 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 affects Firefox < 149 and Firefox ESR < 140.9.
Title Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.9, Thunderbird ESR 140.9, Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-24T12:30:43.271Z

Reserved: 2026-03-23T23:22:41.974Z

Link: CVE-2026-4720

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-24T13:16:07.893

Modified: 2026-03-24T15:53:48.067

Link: CVE-2026-4720

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