CVE-2026-4371

Severity
7.4HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 24

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages3 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified149+1
NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 140.9.0+1
Debianthunderbird< 1:140.9.0esr-1~deb11u1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-4p49-pghr-968w: A malicious mail server could send malformed strings with negative lengths, causing the parser to read memory outside the buffer2026-03-24
CVEList
Out of bounds read in IMAP parsing2026-03-24
OSV
CVE-2026-4371: A malicious mail server could send malformed strings with negative lengths, causing the parser to read memory outside the buffer2026-03-24

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Red Hat
thunderbird: Out of bounds read in IMAP parsing2026-03-24
Debian
CVE-2026-4371: thunderbird - A malicious mail server could send malformed strings with negative lengths, caus...2026
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2026-23: CVE-2026-4371
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2026-24: CVE-2026-4371

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-4371 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-4371 thunderbird: Out of bounds read in IMAP parsing2026-03-24
CVE-2026-4371 (HIGH CVSS 7.4) | A malicious mail server could send | cvebase.io