High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Mar 24, 2026· Updated Apr 13, 2026
CVE-2026-4371
CVE-2026-4371
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.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*range: <149.0
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*range: <140.9.0
- (no CPE)range: <149, <140.9
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/thunderbirdpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 140.9.0-1.el9_7.alma.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 140.9.0-1.el9_7.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.9.0-150200.8.263.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.9.0-1.1
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References
3- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-23/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-24/nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdPermissions Required
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