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High ELSA-2026-8052 5 CVEs

Important: firefox security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Apr 14, 2026 · Updated Apr 14, 2026

Summary

[140.9.1-1.0.1]
- Fix firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js for new nss [Orabug: 37079789]

[140.9.1]
- Add debranding patches (Mustafa Gezen)
- Add OpenELA default preferences (Louis Abel)

[140.9.1-1]
- Update to 140.9.1 ESR

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 firefox 0:140.9.1-1.0.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 5

  • Critical 9.8

    Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.34.1, Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.1, Firefox 149.0.2 and Thunderbird 149.0.2

    Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.34.0, Firefox ESR 140.9.0, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.0, Firefox 149.0.1 and Thunderbird 149.0.1. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have …

  • High 8.8

    Incorrect boundary conditions, integer overflow in the Graphics: Text component

    Incorrect boundary conditions, integer overflow in the Graphics: Text component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 149.0.2, Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird 149.0.2, and Thunderbird 140.9.1.

  • High 8.1

    Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.1, Firefox 149.0.2 and Thunderbird 149.0.2

    Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.9.0, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.0, Firefox 149.0.1 and Thunderbird 149.0.1. 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 …

  • High 7.6

    LIBPNG has ARM NEON Palette Expansion Out-of-Bounds Read on AArch64

    LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. In versions 1.6.36 through 1.6.55, an out-of-bounds read and write exists in libpng's ARM/AArch64 Neon-optimized palett…

  • High 7.5

    LIBPNG has use-after-free via pointer aliasing in `png_set_tRNS` and `png_set_PLTE`

    LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. In versions 1.2.1 through 1.6.55, `png_set_tRNS` and `png_set_PLTE` each alias a heap-allocated buffer between `png_str…