High severity · published Apr 21, 2026
CVE-2026-6786
Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.10, Thunderbird ESR 140.10, Firefox 150 and Thunderbird 150
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.9, Thunderbird ESR 140.9, Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149. 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 150, Firefox ESR 140.10, Thunderbird 150, and Thunderbird 140.10.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 150.0; 140.0 before 140.10.0 · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
140.0 before 140.10.0 · source: NVD
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6786
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6786
Broken Link
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2010727%2C2019004%2C2019224%2C2019547%2C2020378%2C2022381%2C2022608%2C2022785%2C2023120%2C2023128%2C2023140%2C2023279%2C2023836%2C2023882%2C2023925%2C2023950%2C2023959%2C2023965%2C2024243%2C2024245%2C2024247%2C2024253%2C2024346%2C2024357%2C2024416%2C2024420%2C2024429%2C2024432%2C2024455%2C2024466%2C2024468%2C2024476%2C2024664%2C2024666%2C2024669%2C2024670%2C2024671%2C2024761%2C2024918%2C2025292%2C2025332%2C2025348%2C2025384%2C2025395%2C2025458%2C2025461%2C2025463%2C2025481%2C2025483%2C2025485%2C2025494%2C2025506%2C2025511%2C2025513%2C2025520%2C2026277%2C2026282%2C2026288%2C2026289%2C2026311%2C2026312%2C2026869%2C2027152%2C2027161%2C2027238%2C2027261%2C2027269%2C2027274%2C2027280%2C2027281%2C2027300%2C2027302%2C2027331%2C2027339%2C2027340%2C2027738%2C2027975%2C2028000%2C2028011%2C2028289%2C2028525%2C2028728%2C2028887%2C2028888%2C2028896%2C2029063%2C2029064%2C2029290%2C2029291%2C2029294%2C2029300%2C2029304%2C2029316%2C2029317%2C2029401%2C20
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-30/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-32/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-33/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-34/
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10757
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