Memory Safety Bugs in Firefox 147 & ESR 140.7, Thunderbird 147 & ESR 140.7
CVE-2026-2792 Published on February 24, 2026
Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird ESR 140.8, Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.7, Thunderbird ESR 140.7, Firefox 147 and Thunderbird 147. 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 < 148, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-2792 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2026-2792 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-2792
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Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox:- Version unspecified and below 148 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 140.8 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 148 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 140.8 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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