Out-of-bounds Read Affecting thunderbird package, versions [,140.16)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.63% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-THUNDERBIRD-20886663
  • published13 Oct 2026
  • disclosed13 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-92240  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade thunderbird to version 140.16 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via the IMAP response parser. An attacker can cause a crash and potentially access sensitive memory contents by sending a specially crafted untagged '* ID' response from a malicious or compromised IMAP server before authentication.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1