Description
A malicious mail server could send malformed strings with negative lengths, causing the parser to read memory outside the buffer. If a mail server or connection to a mail server were compromised, an attacker could cause the parser to malfunction, potentially crashing Thunderbird or leaking sensitive data. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 149 and Thunderbird 140.9.
References (18)
Core 18
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6188
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6342
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6917
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8284
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8285
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8286
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8287
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8288
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8289
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8290
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8315
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8850
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4371
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451001
Scores
CVSS v3
7.4
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
28.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-126
CWE-130
Status
published
Products (6)
mozilla/thunderbird
< 140.9.0
mozilla/thunderbird
< 149.0
Mozilla/Thunderbird
140.9 - 140.*
Mozilla/Thunderbird
149
Mozilla/Thunderbird
unspecified - 140.9
Mozilla/Thunderbird
unspecified - 149
Published
Mar 24, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 25, 2026