Vulnerability · NVD

CVE-2026-16412

CVE-2026-16412, critical severity (CVSS 9.8): 1 tracked app concerned, all fixed or indeterminable on their current version.

Severity (CVSS): 9.8
Exploitation: 0.5 %
Tracked apps: 1
Still exposed: 0

Published on 2026-07-21

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.12 and Firefox 152. 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 153, Firefox ESR 140.13, Thunderbird 153, and Thunderbird 140.13.

Attack vector : Network No privileges required No user interaction

Show raw CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS 0.52% exploit very unlikely percentile 42.1%

Tracked apps referencing this CVE

For each app: the affected range, the fixing version, and where the tracked app stands today.

Mozilla Firefox Windows winget:Mozilla.Firefox

Affected ≥140.1.0 <140.13.0 Fixed in 140.13.0 Latest tracked 154.0.1 patched

Vulnerable CPE configurations (2)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions	CPE 2.3 URI
mozilla	firefox All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	<153.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::-:::*
mozilla	firefox All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	≥140.1.0 <140.13.0	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::esr:::*

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