CVE-2026-8973

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"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1362365%2C1860538%2C1929005%2C1983353%2C1998526%2C2023271%2C2023943%2C2024244%2C2024260%2C2024443%2C2024665%2C2024774%2C2024916%2C2025346%2C2025357%2C2025406%2C2025434%2C2025488%2C2025496%2C2025942%2C2025947%2C2025968%2C2026279%2C2027159%2C2027239%2C2027276%2C2027308%2C2027310%2C2027324%2C2027329%2C2027363%2C2027381%2C2027382%2C2027383%2C2028274%2C2028884%2C2029060%2C2029065%2C2029068%2C2029281%2C2029293%2C2029297%2C2029303%2C2029439%2C2029448%2C2029703%2C2029720%2C2029721%2C2029723%2C2029770%2C2029771%2C2029782%2C2029818%2C2029885%2C2030100%2C2030379%2C2030385%2C2030979%2C2031119%2C2031122%2C2034119%2C2034791%2C2035209%2C2036666%2C2037986", "tags": ["Broken Link"], "source": "security@mozilla.org"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "source": "security@mozilla.org"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "source": "security@mozilla.org"}, {"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8973", "source": "0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c"}, {"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479864", "source": "0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c"}, {"url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8973.json", "source": "0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c"}], "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Secondary", "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-119"}]}, {"type": "Secondary", "source": "0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-787"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 150. 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 151 and Thunderbird 151."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Errores de seguridad de memoria presentes en Thunderbird 150. Algunos de estos errores mostraron evidencia de corrupci\u00f3n de memoria y presumimos que con suficiente esfuerzo algunos de estos podr\u00edan haber sido explotados para ejecutar c\u00f3digo arbitrario. Esta vulnerabilidad fue corregida en Firefox 151 y Thunderbird 151."}], "lastModified": "2026-10-21T14:17:21.303", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "7C197B6D-C48E-4D7E-A1C0-52E081E97DF0", "versionEndExcluding": "151.0.0"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "F6DF6D4E-CB51-4F9E-89A0-6097B9DBDB5C", "versionEndExcluding": "151.0.0"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "security@mozilla.org"}