CVE-2026-8959

NameCVE-2026-8959
DescriptionSandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Widget: Win32 component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
firefox (PTS)sid151.0-1fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)bullseye115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)140.11.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm140.10.2esr-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)140.11.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie140.10.2esr-1~deb13u1fixed
trixie (security)140.11.0esr-1~deb13u1fixed
forky140.10.2esr-1fixed
sid140.11.0esr-1fixed
thunderbird (PTS)bullseye1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1:140.11.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:140.10.1esr-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1:140.10.2esr-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie1:140.10.1esr-1~deb13u1fixed
trixie (security)1:140.10.2esr-1~deb13u1fixed
forky1:140.10.2esr-1fixed
sid1:140.11.0esr-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
firefoxsource(unstable)(not affected)
firefox-esrsource(unstable)(not affected)
thunderbirdsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- firefox <not-affected> (Only affects Firefox on Windows)
- firefox-esr <not-affected> (Only affects Firefox ESR on Windows)
- thunderbird <not-affected> (Only affects Thunderbird on Windows)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/#CVE-2026-8959
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2026-48/#CVE-2026-8959
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2026-51/#CVE-2026-8959

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