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CVE-2026-4371: Out of bounds read in IMAP parsing
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-03-24 · updated 2026-07-15
- Weakness: CWE-126
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.
Affected products
- Mozilla Thunderbird: before 140.9.0; before 149.0 — fixed in 140.9.0, 149.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Thunderbird 140.9.0, 149.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2023493
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-23/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-24/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6188
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6342
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6917
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8284
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8285
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8286
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8287
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8288
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8289
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