Bug 2517841 (CVE-2026-74940)

Summary:	CVE-2026-74940 firefox: thunderbird: Use-after-free in the Graphics: Text component
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	gotiwari, jhorak, mvyas, rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-18 12:52:08 UTC

Use-after-free in the Graphics: Text component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 115.39, Firefox ESR 140.14, and Firefox ESR 153.1.

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-24 09:35:21 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:58899 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58899

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-24 09:36:20 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:58898 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58898

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-24 10:06:03 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:58897 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58897