CVE-2026-16411
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.5%
41.4th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-119
Published 2026-07-21 · modified 2026-07-24
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2026-07-21 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-07-24 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
Memory safety bugs present in 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 and Thunderbird 153.
Affected
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1420800%2C1598946%2C1767921%2C2013993%2C2025417%2C2027325%2C2027364%2C2029433%2C2029807%2C2029901%2C2029922%2C2030102%2C2030563%2C2032110%2C2037801%2C2042756%2C2044625%2C2045609%2C2047920%2C2048491%2C2048492%2C2048800%2C2050534%2C2050662%2C2050871
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2006467%2C2027346%2C2027349%2C2027353%2C2027362%2C2027371%2C2027373%2C2028954%2C2029694%2C2036906%2C2038964%2C2039460%2C2040522%2C2040834%2C2043275%2C2045394%2C2045606%2C2052060
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2048936%2C2049804
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-68/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-71/