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Mozilla Thunderbird < 153.4

critical Nessus Plugin ID 353284

Synopsis

A mail client installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 153.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2026-103 advisory.

 - Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the XPCOM component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Firefox 157, Firefox ESR 115.42, and Firefox ESR 140.17. (CVE-2026-100819)

 - Use-after-free in the Graphics: Canvas2D component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Firefox ESR 115.42, and Firefox ESR 140.17. (CVE-2026-100832)

 - An attacker could cause a heap buffer overflow by getting a user to open an email that is greater than or equal to 2GB in size. (CVE-2026-103500)

 - Incorrect boundary conditions in the Audio/Video: Playback component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Firefox 157, Firefox ESR 115.42, and Firefox ESR 140.17. (CVE-2026-100756)

 - Use-after-free in the Widget component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Firefox 157, Firefox ESR 115.42, and Firefox ESR 140.17. (CVE-2026-100757)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 153.4 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2026-103/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 353284

File Name: mozilla_thunderbird_153_4.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/30/2026

Updated: 9/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.19

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-100832

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-100819

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Thunderbird

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-100756, CVE-2026-100757, CVE-2026-100758, CVE-2026-100759, CVE-2026-100760, CVE-2026-100762, CVE-2026-100765, CVE-2026-100766, CVE-2026-100767, CVE-2026-100769, CVE-2026-100770, CVE-2026-100771, CVE-2026-100772, CVE-2026-100773, CVE-2026-100774, CVE-2026-100775, CVE-2026-100776, CVE-2026-100777, CVE-2026-100778, CVE-2026-100779, CVE-2026-100780, CVE-2026-100781, CVE-2026-100782, CVE-2026-100783, CVE-2026-100784, CVE-2026-100785, CVE-2026-100786, CVE-2026-100787, CVE-2026-100788, CVE-2026-100789, CVE-2026-100790, CVE-2026-100791, CVE-2026-100792, CVE-2026-100794, CVE-2026-100797, CVE-2026-100798, CVE-2026-100800, CVE-2026-100801, CVE-2026-100803, CVE-2026-100806, CVE-2026-100807, CVE-2026-100808, CVE-2026-100809, CVE-2026-100811, CVE-2026-100812, CVE-2026-100814, CVE-2026-100815, CVE-2026-100816, CVE-2026-100818, CVE-2026-100819, CVE-2026-100820, CVE-2026-100821, CVE-2026-100822, CVE-2026-100824, CVE-2026-100825, CVE-2026-100826, CVE-2026-100828, CVE-2026-100829, CVE-2026-100830, CVE-2026-100831, CVE-2026-100832, CVE-2026-103500, CVE-2026-96869