# CVE-2026-84143: Internally found bugs fixed in Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird ESR 153.2 and Thunderbird ESR 140.15

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-01 · Updated: 2026-09-03

## Affected

- Mozilla Firefox: version range not reported
- Mozilla Thunderbird: version range not reported

## Description

Internally found bugs present in Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird ESR 153.1 and Thunderbird ESR 140.14. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 140.15, Firefox ESR 153.2, Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird 140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2048793%2C2054645%2C2057114%2C2059109%2C2061287
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=2054631%2C2054657%2C2055007%2C2055681%2C2057107%2C2058087%2C2058088%2C2058090%2C2058095%2C2058101%2C2059183%2C2059185%2C2061301%2C2061325
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2057108
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-82/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-84/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-85/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-86/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-87/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-88/

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