CVE-2026-74989
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.8
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-18 13:17:40.810000
Last modified
2026-10-28 17:18:41.747000
View original CVE JSON
{
"id": "CVE-2026-74989",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-08-18T13:17:40.810",
"lastModified": "2026-10-28T17:18:41.747",
"vulnStatus": "Modified",
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "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."
}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
{
"vendor": "Mozilla",
"product": "Firefox",
"versions": [
{
"version": "154",
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"versionType": "rpm",
"status": "unaffected"
}
]
},
{
"vendor": "Mozilla",
"product": "Thunderbird",
"versions": [
{
"version": "154",
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"versionType": "rpm",
"status": "unaffected"
}
]
}
]
}
],
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"type": "Secondary",
"cvssData": {
"version": "3.1",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"baseScore": 9.8,
"baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
"impactScore": 5.9
}
],
"ssvcV203": [
{
"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"ssvcData": {
"timestamp": "2026-08-20T15:50:43.213805Z",
"id": "CVE-2026-74989",
"options": [
{
"exploitation": "none"
},
{
"automatable": "yes"
},
{
"technicalImpact": "total"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"version": "2.0.3"
}
}
]
},
"weaknesses": [
{
"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"type": "Secondary",
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-119"
}
]
}
],
"configurations": [
{
"nodes": [
{
"operator": "OR",
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"vulnerable": true,
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"versionEndExcluding": "154.0.0",
"matchCriteriaId": "A5B41DB4-BE24-4724-9CD3-2BBD4FC1FF3E"
},
{
"vulnerable": true,
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"versionEndExcluding": "154.0",
"matchCriteriaId": "F1E6BFE9-856D-44E0-B258-86D06DBAC7EB"
}
]
}
]
}
],
"references": [
{
"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2022257%2C2027351%2C2027380%2C2029289",
"source": "[email protected]",
"tags": [
"Not Applicable"
]
},
{
"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2027388%2C2029750%2C2029794%2C2043298%2C2045126%2C2049810%2C2051741",
"source": "[email protected]",
"tags": [
"Not Applicable"
]
},
{
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-74/",
"source": "[email protected]",
"tags": [
"Vendor Advisory"
]
},
{
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-78/",
"source": "[email protected]",
"tags": [
"Vendor Advisory"
]
}
]
}