CVE-2026-12298
MediumCVSS 5.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk23th percentile - higher than 23% of all known CVEs
Summary
A memory safety bug was fixed in Firefox 152, Firefox ESR 140.12, Thunderbird 152, and Thunderbird 140.12. This vulnerability could potentially allow remote code execution or data leakage.
Risk Assessment
The organization is at risk of remote code execution or sensitive data leakage if users are running unpatched versions of Firefox or Thunderbird.
Recommendation
Immediately update all Firefox installations to version 152 or later, and Firefox ESR to version 140.12 or later. Similarly, update Thunderbird to version 152 or 140.12.
Other vulnerabilities in Firefox
See all- CVE-2026-75874Critical
Sandbox escape in the Remote Settings Client component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154 and Thunderbird 154.
- CVE-2026-74990Critical
Internally found bugs in Firefox ESR 115.38, Firefox ESR 140.13, Firefox ESR 153.0 and Firefox 153. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 115.39, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
- CVE-2026-74989Critical
Internally found bugs in Firefox 153. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154 and Thunderbird 154.
- CVE-2026-74988Critical
Internally found bugs in Firefox ESR 153.0 and Firefox 153. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
- CVE-2026-74987Critical
Internally found bugs in Firefox ESR 140.13, Firefox ESR 153.0 and Firefox 153. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
- CVE-2026-74986Critical
Site isolation issue in the CSS Parsing and Computation component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
- CVE-2026-74985Critical
Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
- CVE-2026-74979Critical
Mitigation bypass in the Add-ons Manager component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
- CVE-2026-74964Critical
Integer overflow in the Graphics component. Fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
- CVE-2026-74961Critical
Side-channel vulnerability in the Web Audio component. Fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
Original NVD description (English source)
Memory safety bug fixed in Firefox 152. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 152, Firefox ESR 140.12, Thunderbird 152, and Thunderbird 140.12.