CVE-2026-4371

high

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 affects Thunderbird < 149 and Thunderbird < 140.9.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-24/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-23/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2023493

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-24

Updated: 2026-03-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High