CVE-2026-84640
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs
Summary
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.
Risk Assessment
The vulnerability could lead to memory disclosure or program crash, which could be exploited for attacks on the user.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update Thunderbird to version 155, 140.15, or 153.2 to mitigate the vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in Thunderbird
See all- CVE-2026-84639Critical
Triggering an error condition in certain MIME bodies would cause uninitialized memory to be used. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird 140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2.
- CVE-2026-84637Critical
Malicious calendar invitations could use file URI attachments to launch local or network-hosted executables on Windows, bypassing Thunderbird's normal executable attachment protections. With the new invitation display enabled, the attachment could also appear under a misleading filename. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 154 and Thunderbird 153.2.
- CVE-2026-74990Critical
Internally found bugs in Thunderbird ESR 140.13, Thunderbird ESR 153.0, and Thunderbird 153 showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect. Fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 115.39, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
- CVE-2026-74989Critical
Internally found bugs in Thunderbird 153 showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect. Fixed in Firefox 154 and Thunderbird 154.
- CVE-2026-74988Critical
Internally found bugs in Thunderbird ESR 153.0 and Thunderbird 153 showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect. Fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
- CVE-2026-74987Critical
Internally found bugs in Thunderbird ESR 140.13, Thunderbird ESR 153.0, and Thunderbird 153 showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect. Fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
- CVE-2026-16361Critical
Memory safety bugs in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 that could allow arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 115.38, Firefox ESR 140.13, and Thunderbird 140.13.
- CVE-2026-84642High
The values of the mail.allowed_attachment_hostnames advanced config setting were used in a regular expression without escaping. For some possible valid hostnames, this could allow certain unintended hostnames to also match and serve remote attachments. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 155 and Thunderbird 153.2.
- CVE-2026-84641High
A malicious IMAP server can trigger use-after-free and heap-memory disclosure by sending a crafted ID response. Heap contents can ultimately be persisted to prefs.js. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird 140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2.
- CVE-2026-84145High
Internally found bugs present in Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird ESR 153.1 and Thunderbird ESR 140.14. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 115.40, Firefox ESR 140.15, Firefox ESR 153.2, Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird 140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.