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.
History

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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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 affects Thunderbird < 149 and Thunderbird < 140.9. 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.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-130
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-126
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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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 affects Thunderbird < 149 and Thunderbird < 140.9.
Title Out of bounds read in IMAP parsing
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2026-03-24T20:27:15.198Z

Updated: 2026-04-13T13:51:25.535Z

Reserved: 2026-03-18T10:03:43.909Z

Link: CVE-2026-4371

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-25T16:24:43.854Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2026-03-24T21:16:29.583

Modified: 2026-04-13T15:17:36.130

Link: CVE-2026-4371

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-03-24T20:27:15Z

Links: CVE-2026-4371 - Bugzilla