HOMEVULNERABILITIESCVE-2026-8974
HIGH

CVE-2026-8974

Published: May 19, 2026· Updated: May 20, 2026

8.8
CVSS v3.1
EPSS:0.04%probability of exploitation in 30 daysPercentile:12.7th

Official Description

Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 140.10 and Thunderbird 150. 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 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-8974 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

Exploitation does not require any privileges, though user interaction (Required) is needed, which slightly reduces the risk of mass automated attacks.

A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 8.8.

CVSS v3.1 Vector Breakdown

Exploitability
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges Req.None
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Vendors & Products

Mozilla2 products
firefoxthunderbird
Source: NVD CPE · 2 total CPE entries

Exploit & PoC Resources

NO KNOWN EXPLOITNo public exploit confirmed at this time
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Official NIST entry
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Official Patches & Advisories

ADVISORYhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/
ADVISORYhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/
ADVISORYhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/
ADVISORYhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/

All References (5)

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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1784128%2C1883230%2C1983677%2C2022390%2C2023116%2C2023657%2C2024255%2C2024418%2C2024441%2C2024447%2C2024966%2C2025412%2C2025467%2C2025940%2C2025950%2C2025956%2C2026284%2C2027247%2C2027255%2C2027288%2C2027306%2C2027322%2C2027332%2C2027333%2C2028266%2C2028292%2C2028319%2C2028526%2C2028870%2C2028876%2C2028882%2C2029062%2C2029309%2C2029414%2C2029422%2C2029428%2C2029447%2C2029732%2C2029785%2C2029793%2C2029813%2C2029899%2C2031028%2C2031457%2C2032039%2C2033610%2C2033854%2C2034498%2C2034628%2C2034978%2C2035966%2C2036668%2C2036905%2C2036930Broken Link
→
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/Vendor Advisory
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/Vendor Advisory
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/Vendor Advisory
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/Vendor Advisory

Quick Facts

CVE IDCVE-2026-8974
CVSS Score8.8 / 10
SeverityHIGH
CISA KEVNo
EPSS (30d)0.04%
Affected1 vendor
PublishedMay 19, 2026

Recommended Actions

  • →Apply vendor patches immediately
  • →Monitor CVE-2026-8974 in threat intel feeds
  • →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts
Data sourced from NVD (NIST), CISA KEV, and EPSS (FIRST). Analysis generated by CTIWATCH.COM. CVE data is provided under the NVD usage policy.
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