Use After Free Affecting thunderbird package, versions [,140.14)[141.0,153.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.57% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-THUNDERBIRD-19427595
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed18 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-74943  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade thunderbird to version 140.14, 153.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free due to improper memory management in the ImageLib component. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by triggering the reuse of previously freed memory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1