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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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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cve-icon MITRE

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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