CVE-2026-16411
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CVE-2026-16411 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 153.0.0 |
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-68/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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