A maliciously constructed mail header could lead to a one byte read past the end of a buffer. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird 140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2.
History

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-126
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description A maliciously constructed mail header could lead to a one byte read past the end of a buffer. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird 140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2.
Title One byte overflow read in mail parser
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2026-09-01T21:33:06.832Z

Updated: 2026-09-02T18:48:06.654Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T21:33:06.555Z

Link: CVE-2026-84640

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T18:47:56.768Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-01T22:17:19.800

Modified: 2026-09-03T19:01:32.800

Link: CVE-2026-84640

cve-icon Redhat

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