CVE-2026-4371
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 8.2 High
- Status
- Modified - security@mozilla.org
- Published
- 2026-03-24
- Last modified
- 2026-07-15
- Weaknesses
- CWE-126, CWE-130
Affected products
- Thunderbird (Mozilla)
- Enterprise Linux (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Eus (Redhat)
- Rhel Aus (Redhat)
- Rhel E4s (Redhat)
- Rhel Eus (Redhat)
- Rhel Eus Long Life (Redhat)
- Rhel Tus (Redhat)
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
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8290
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8315
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8850
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4371
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451001
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-4371.json
