A maliciously constructed mail header could lead to a one byte read past the end of a buffer. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird 140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2.
History

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description A maliciously constructed mail header could lead to a one byte read past the end of a buffer. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird 140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2.
Title One byte overflow read in mail parser
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-01T21:44:15.623Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T21:33:06.555Z

Link: CVE-2026-84640

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-01T22:17:19.800

Modified: 2026-09-01T22:17:19.800

Link: CVE-2026-84640

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Updated: 2026-09-01T23:45:17Z