Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2026-4729

Memory safety bugs present in 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…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (25.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-4729?
CVE-2026-4729 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2026-4729?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.