Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-16412

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  - Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.12 and Firefox 152. 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 was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 140.13, Thunderbird 153, and
    Thunderbird 140.13. (CVE-2026-16412)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-14": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "firefox-esr"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-ach"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-af"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-all"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-an"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-ar"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-ast"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-az"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-be"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-bg"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-bn"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-br"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-bs"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-ca"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-ca-valencia"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-cak"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-cs"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-cy"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-da"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-de"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-dsb"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-el"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-en-ca"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-en-gb"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-eo"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-es-ar"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-es-cl"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-es-es"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-es-mx"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-et"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-eu"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-fa"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-ff"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-fi"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-fr"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-fur"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-fy-nl"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-ga-ie"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-gd"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-gl"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-gn"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-gu-in"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-he"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-hi-in"},
          {"reference": "firefox-esr-l10n-hr"}
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  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
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        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libmozjs-52-0"},
          {"reference": "libmozjs-52-dev"},
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          {"reference": "mozjs102"},
          {"reference": "mozjs78"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-dbg"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-dev"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-gnome-support"},
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          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-zh-tw"},
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          {"reference": "xul-ext-gdata-provider"},
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  "Ubuntu Linux-24.04": {
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  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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      {
        "release": "8",
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          {"reference": "firefox"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird"}
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    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
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        "release": "10",
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          {"reference": "firefox"},
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    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
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          {"reference": "thunderbird"}
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  "CentOS Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "firefox"}
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "firefox"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "9",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "firefox"},
          {"reference": "firefox-x11"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');

var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
    var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
    if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
        var vendor;
        foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
            if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
        }
    }
}

var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}