CVE-2026-12298 (GCVE-0-2026-12298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-16 11:52 – Updated: 2026-06-16 16:08
VLAI
Title
Memory safety bug fixed in Thunderbird 152
Summary
Memory safety bug fixed in Thunderbird 152. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 152, Firefox ESR 140.12, Thunderbird 152, and Thunderbird 140.12.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Unaffected: 140.12 , ≤ 140.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 152 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Unaffected: 140.12 , ≤ 140.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 152 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
Haruka Yamazaki
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