CVE-2026-16412

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-16412", "assignerOrgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "mozilla", "dateReserved": "2026-07-20T21:57:54.488Z", "datePublished": "2026-07-21T12:38:23.323Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-21T13:49:57.535Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "Firefox", "vendor": "Mozilla", "versions": [{"status": "unaffected", "version": "140.13", "lessThanOrEqual": "140.*", "versionType": "rpm"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "153", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "versionType": "rpm"}]}, {"product": "Thunderbird", "vendor": "Mozilla", "versions": [{"status": "unaffected", "version": "140.13", "lessThanOrEqual": "140.*", "versionType": "rpm"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "153", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "versionType": "rpm"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 and Thunderbird 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.", "supportingMedia": [{"type": "text/html", "base64": false, "value": "Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 and Thunderbird 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."}]}], "title": "Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.13 and Thunderbird 153", "references": [{"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2005113%2C2025369%2C2026301%2C2028663%2C2029761%2C2042242%2C2043271%2C2043300%2C2044612%2C2045378%2C2045406%2C2045407%2C2045616%2C2045626%2C2045730%2C2045732%2C2045769%2C2045771%2C2047957%2C2048934%2C2049818%2C2049822%2C2050151%2C2050368%2C2051653%2C2051658", "name": "Moderate-severity memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.13 and Thunderbird 153"}, {"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2043035%2C2045057%2C2045187%2C2045402%2C2045417%2C2045482%2C2045611%2C2045618%2C2045756%2C2046917%2C2047718", "name": "High-severity memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.13 and Thunderbird 153"}, {"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2045413%2C2053635%2C2053637", "name": "Low-severity memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.13 and Thunderbird 153"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-68/"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-70/"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-71/"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-72/"}], "credits": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Christian Holler, Frederik Braun, Justin Link, Simon Friedberger, Tom Ritter, Tom Schuster and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team"}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe", "shortName": "mozilla", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-21T13:49:57.535Z"}}, "adp": [{"problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-119", "lang": "en", "description": "CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer"}]}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 9.8, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH"}}, {"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"timestamp": "2026-07-23T00:00:00+00:00", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "yes"}, {"Technical Impact": "total"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3", "id": "CVE-2026-16412"}}}], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-07-24T03:55:34.396Z"}}]}}

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "containers": {"adp": [{"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 9.8, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH"}}, {"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"id": "CVE-2026-16412", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "yes"}, {"Technical Impact": "total"}], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2026-07-21T19:13:15.778832Z"}}}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-119", "description": "CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-07-21T19:12:26.163Z"}}], "cna": {"title": "Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.13 and Thunderbird 153", "credits": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Christian Holler, Frederik Braun, Justin Link, Simon Friedberger, Tom Ritter, Tom Schuster and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team"}], "affected": [{"vendor": "Mozilla", "product": "Firefox", "versions": [{"status": "unaffected", "version": "140.13", "versionType": "rpm", "lessThanOrEqual": "140.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "153", "versionType": "rpm", "lessThanOrEqual": "*"}]}, {"vendor": "Mozilla", "product": "Thunderbird", "versions": [{"status": "unaffected", "version": "140.13", "versionType": "rpm", "lessThanOrEqual": "140.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "153", "versionType": "rpm", "lessThanOrEqual": "*"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2005113%2C2025369%2C2026301%2C2028663%2C2029761%2C2042242%2C2043271%2C2043300%2C2044612%2C2045378%2C2045406%2C2045407%2C2045616%2C2045626%2C2045730%2C2045732%2C2045769%2C2045771%2C2047957%2C2048934%2C2049818%2C2049822%2C2050151%2C2050368%2C2051653%2C2051658", "name": "Moderate-severity memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.13 and Thunderbird 153"}, {"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2043035%2C2045057%2C2045187%2C2045402%2C2045417%2C2045482%2C2045611%2C2045618%2C2045756%2C2046917%2C2047718", "name": "High-severity memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.13 and Thunderbird 153"}, {"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2045413%2C2053635%2C2053637", "name": "Low-severity memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.13 and Thunderbird 153"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-68/"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-70/"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-71/"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-72/"}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 and Thunderbird 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.", "supportingMedia": [{"type": "text/html", "value": "Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 and Thunderbird 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.", "base64": false}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe", "shortName": "mozilla", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-21T13:49:57.535Z"}}}, "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-16412", "state": "PUBLISHED", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-21T13:49:57.535Z", "dateReserved": "2026-07-20T21:57:54.488Z", "assignerOrgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe", "datePublished": "2026-07-21T12:38:23.323Z", "assignerShortName": "mozilla"}, "dataVersion": "5.2"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "Firefox", "vendor": "Mozilla", "versions": [{"lessThanOrEqual": "140.*", "status": "unaffected", "version": "140.13", "versionType": "rpm"}, {"lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "version": "153", "versionType": "rpm"}]}, {"product": "Thunderbird", "vendor": "Mozilla", "versions": [{"lessThanOrEqual": "140.*", "status": "unaffected", "version": "140.13", "versionType": "rpm"}, {"lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "version": "153", "versionType": "rpm"}]}], "source": "security@mozilla.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "5DB4AF59-87C2-4FC4-896D-02879D6F8E6B", "versionEndExcluding": "153.0.0", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "842A751E-5B80-4215-9E19-21142190BD31", "versionEndExcluding": "140.13.0", "versionStartIncluding": "140.1.0", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 and Thunderbird 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."}], "id": "CVE-2026-16412", "lastModified": "2026-10-21T14:17:18.950", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 9.8, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "type": "Secondary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2026-16412", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "yes"}, {"technicalImpact": "total"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2026-07-23T00:00:00+00:00", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2026-07-21T13:17:16.630", "references": [{"source": "security@mozilla.org", "tags": ["Broken Link"], "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2005113%2C2025369%2C2026301%2C2028663%2C2029761%2C2042242%2C2043271%2C2043300%2C2044612%2C2045378%2C2045406%2C2045407%2C2045616%2C2045626%2C2045730%2C2045732%2C2045769%2C2045771%2C2047957%2C2048934%2C2049818%2C2049822%2C2050151%2C2050368%2C2051653%2C2051658"}, {"source": "security@mozilla.org", "tags": ["Broken Link"], "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2043035%2C2045057%2C2045187%2C2045402%2C2045417%2C2045482%2C2045611%2C2045618%2C2045756%2C2046917%2C2047718"}, {"source": "security@mozilla.org", "tags": ["Broken Link"], "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2045413%2C2053635%2C2053637"}, {"source": "security@mozilla.org", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-68/"}, {"source": "security@mozilla.org", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-70/"}, {"source": "security@mozilla.org", "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-71/"}, {"source": "security@mozilla.org", "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-72/"}], "sourceIdentifier": "security@mozilla.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-119"}], "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "type": "Secondary"}]}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.13 and Firefox 153", "id": "2503432", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2503432"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "7.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-787", "details": ["A flaw was found in Firefox and Thunderbird. The Mozilla Foundation's Security Advisory describes the following issue:\nMemory safety bugs present in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 and Thunderbird 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."], "name": "CVE-2026-16412", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "firefox", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "rhel10/firefox-flatpak", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "rhel10/thunderbird-flatpak", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "thunderbird", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "firefox", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "thunderbird", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "firefox", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "thunderbird", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "firefox", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "thunderbird", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "firefox", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "thunderbird", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2026-07-21T12:38:23Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16412\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16412\nhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-70/#CVE-2026-16412\nhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-72/#CVE-2026-16412"], "statement": "Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory.", "threat_severity": "Important"}

{"affected": [{"configurations": [{"platform": null, "status": "unaffected", "versions": {"scheme": "generic", "value": "[140.13,140.*]"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "unaffected", "versions": {"scheme": "generic", "value": "[153,*]"}}], "enrichment": {"confidence": 100.0, "confidence_source": "matching", "scores": [{"score": 100.0, "source": "matching"}]}, "original": {"product": "Firefox", "source": "cna", "vendor": "Mozilla"}, "product": "firefox", "vendor": "mozilla"}], "created": "2026-07-21T21:30:06.684317+00:00", "updated": "2026-10-23T00:45:13.615411+00:00", "vendors": ["mozilla", "mozilla$PRODUCT$firefox"]}