Bug 2479877 (CVE-2026-8952)

Summary: CVE-2026-8952 firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the Application Update component
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A flaw was found in Firefox and Thunderbird. The Mozilla Foundation's Security Advisory describes the following issue: Privilege escalation in the Application Update component
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-19 14:03:49 UTC
Privilege escalation in the Application Update component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151.