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critical 9.8

CVE-2026-16361 json

Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.13

published 2026-07-21 3 mo ago modified 2026-10-24 15 d ago also EUVD-2026-46252

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 24%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird ESR 140.12. 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 ESR 115.38, Firefox ESR 140.13, and Thunderbird 140.13.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 115.38.0, 140.13.0
  • mozilla thunderbird 140.13.0
  • firefox-esr Debian 12 140.13.0esr-1~deb12u1
  • firefox-esr Debian 13 140.13.0esr-1~deb13u1
  • firefox-esr Debian 14 140.13.0esr-1
  • thunderbird Debian 12 1:140.13.0esr-2~deb12u1
  • thunderbird Debian 13 1:140.13.0esr-2~deb13u1
  • thunderbird Debian 14 1:140.13.0esr-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16361

  • thunderbird RHEL 8 140.13.0-1.el8_10
  • thunderbird RHEL 9 140.13.0-1.el9_8
  • thunderbird RHEL 10.2 140.13.0-1.el10_2
  • firefox RHEL 9 140.13.0-1.el9_8
  • firefox-x11 RHEL 9 140.13.0-1.el9_8
  • firefox RHEL 8 140.13.0-1.el8_10
  • firefox RHEL 10.2 140.13.0-1.el10_2
  • firefox RHEL 8.8 TUS, RHEL 8.8 E4S 140.13.0-1.el8_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:54339RHSA-2026:54259RHSA-2026:54249RHSA-2026:54248RHSA-2026:54185RHSA-2026:54182

  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 140.13.0-150200.8.280.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES 16.0, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 140.13.0-160000.1.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4 +8 more 140.13.0-150200.152.248.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 140.13.0-112.324.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:3546-1SUSE-SU-2026:23115-1SUSE-SU-2026:23137-1SUSE-SU-2026:3221-1SUSE-SU-2026:3200-1

  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Leap 16.0 140.13.0-160000.1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 140.13.0-1.1
  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 140.13.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21519-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11359-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11329-1

  • thunderbird AlmaLinux 9 140.13.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
  • thunderbird AlmaLinux 8 140.13.0-1.el8_10.alma.1
  • thunderbird AlmaLinux 10 140.13.0-1.el10_2.alma.1
  • firefox AlmaLinux 10 140.13.0-1.el10_2
  • firefox AlmaLinux 9 140.13.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
  • firefox-x11 AlmaLinux 9 140.13.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
  • firefox AlmaLinux 8 140.13.0-1.el8_10.alma.1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:49921ALSA-2026:49922ALSA-2026:49621ALSA-2026:47101ALSA-2026:47104ALSA-2026:47105

  • thunderbird Rocky Linux 10 140.13.0-1.el10_2
  • thunderbird Rocky Linux 9 140.13.0-1.el9_8
  • thunderbird Rocky Linux 8 140.13.0-1.el8_10
  • firefox Rocky Linux 9 140.13.0-1.el9_8
  • firefox Rocky Linux 10 140.13.0-1.el10_2
  • firefox Rocky Linux 8 140.13.0-1.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:49621RLSA-2026:49921RLSA-2026:49922RLSA-2026:47104RLSA-2026:47101RLSA-2026:47105

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-16361 updated cvss 7.5

firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.38 and Firefox ESR 140.13

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 thunderbird
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 rhel10/firefox-flatpak, rhel10/thunderbird-flatpak
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox 140.13.0-1.el8_10, thunderbird 140.13.0-1.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:47105
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox 140.13.0-1.el9_8, firefox-x11 140.13.0-1.el9_8, thunderbird 140.13.0-1.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:47104
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) firefox 140.13.0-1.el10_2, thunderbird 140.13.0-1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:47101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) firefox 140.13.0-1.el8_4, thunderbird 140.13.0-1.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:54180
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) firefox 140.13.0-1.el8_6, thunderbird 140.13.0-1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:54259
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) firefox 140.13.0-1.el8_8, thunderbird 140.13.0-1.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:54339
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) firefox 140.13.0-1.el9_2, firefox-x11 140.13.0-1.el9_2, thunderbird 140.13.0-1.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:54185
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) firefox 140.13.0-1.el9_4, firefox-x11 140.13.0-1.el9_4, thunderbird 140.13.0-1.el9_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:54182
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) firefox 140.13.0-1.el10_0, thunderbird 140.13.0-1.el10_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:54181
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) firefox 140.13.0-1.el9_6, firefox-x11 140.13.0-1.el9_6, thunderbird 140.13.0-1.el9_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:54249
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) firefox 140.13.0-1.el8_4, thunderbird 140.13.0-1.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:54180
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) firefox 140.13.0-1.el8_6, thunderbird 140.13.0-1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:54259
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) firefox 140.13.0-1.el8_8, thunderbird 140.13.0-1.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:54339
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) firefox 140.13.0-1.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:54248

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
3 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Thunderbird

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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