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.
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History
Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000
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Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird |
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Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird |
Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:30:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | Out of bounds read in IMAP parsing | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2026-03-24T20:27:15.198Z
Reserved: 2026-03-18T10:03:43.909Z
Link: CVE-2026-4371
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-24T21:16:29.583
Modified: 2026-03-24T21:16:29.583
Link: CVE-2026-4371
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-03-25T11:45:52Z
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