CVE-2026-5731

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Oct 24, 2026

Description

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 been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 149.0.2, Firefox ESR 115.34.1, Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird 149.0.2, and Thunderbird 140.9.1.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
MozillaFirefox—
MozillaThunderbird—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6—
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7—

References

Timeline

Published
Apr 7, 2026
Last modified
Oct 24, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2026-5731: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix