Bug 2450751 (CVE-2026-4720)

Summary:	CVE-2026-4720 firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.9, Thunderbird ESR 140.9, Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	gotiwari, jgrulich, jhorak, mvyas, tpopela
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in Firefox and Thunderbird. The Mozilla Foundation's Security Advisory describes the following issue: Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird ESR 140.8, Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148. 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.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-24 13:03:53 UTC

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird ESR 140.8, Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148. 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 affects Firefox < 149 and Firefox ESR < 140.9.

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2026-03-26 11:21:13 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:5931 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5931

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-03-26 11:32:20 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:5930 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5930

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-03-26 11:32:31 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:5932 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5932

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-03-30 15:59:18 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:6188 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6188