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 was fixed in 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: 2026-04-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017