Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.34.0, Firefox ESR 140.9.0, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.0, Firefox 149.0.1 and Thunderbird 149.0.1. 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 < 149.0.2, Firefox ESR < 115.34.1, Firefox ESR < 140.9.1, Thunderbird < 149.0.2, and Thunderbird < 140.9.1.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6202-1 firefox-esr security update
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Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:30:00 +0000


Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.34.0, Firefox ESR 140.9.0, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.0, Firefox 149.0.1 and Thunderbird 149.0.1. 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 < 149.0.2, Firefox ESR < 115.34.1, and Firefox ESR < 140.9.1. Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.34.0, Firefox ESR 140.9.0, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.0, Firefox 149.0.1 and Thunderbird 149.0.1. 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 < 149.0.2, Firefox ESR < 115.34.1, Firefox ESR < 140.9.1, Thunderbird < 149.0.2, and Thunderbird < 140.9.1.
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Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.34.0, Firefox ESR 140.9.0, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.0, Firefox 149.0.1 and Thunderbird 149.0.1. 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 < 149.0.2, Firefox ESR < 115.34.1, and Firefox ESR < 140.9.1.
Title Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.34.1, Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.1, Firefox 149.0.2 and Thunderbird 149.0.2
Weaknesses CWE-119
References
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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T03:55:32.832Z

Reserved: 2026-04-07T12:43:11.413Z

Link: CVE-2026-5731

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-07T14:10:54.663Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-04-07T13:16:47.347

Modified: 2026-04-07T19:16:47.317

Link: CVE-2026-5731

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-04-07T12:43:11Z

Links: CVE-2026-5731 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-08T19:49:40Z

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