Out-of-bounds Read Affecting thunderbird package, versions [,140.15)[150,153.2)[154,155)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-THUNDERBIRD-20886667
  • published13 Oct 2026
  • disclosed13 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-84640  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade thunderbird to version 140.15, 153.2, 155 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via the mail parser when processing a specially crafted mail header. An attacker can cause a one byte read past the end of a buffer by sending a maliciously constructed email.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1