CVE-2026-4371 (GCVE-0-2026-4371)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-24 20:27 – Updated: 2026-04-13 13:51
VLAI
Title
Out of bounds read in IMAP parsing
Summary
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.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Thunderbird Unaffected: 140.9 , ≤ 140.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 149 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
Rintaro Kobayashi
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