Description
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148. 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 149 and Thunderbird 149.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | — | 149 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | — | 149 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | mozjs102 +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | mozjs78 +3 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | mozjs52 +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | mozjs38 +1 | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaFirefox | 149.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:10458-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | firefox-esr | 153.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:11373-1 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | firefox | 149.0-r0 | — |
Advisories 4
- WID-SEC-2026-0850 Mozilla Firefox und Mozilla Thunderbird: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 8, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:11373-1 firefox-esr-153.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 26, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-1730 Xerox FreeFlow Print Server: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten Angriff BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jul 16, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:10458-1 MozillaFirefox-149.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 30, 2026