CVE-2026-16361
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird ESR 140.12. 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 ESR 115.38, Firefox ESR 140.13, and Thunderbird 140.13.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.8
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-21 13:17:04.637000
Last modified
2026-10-24 20:10:00.137000
View original CVE JSON
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