An attacker could cause a heap buffer overflow by getting a user to open an email that is greater than or equal to 2GB in size. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 140.17, and Thunderbird 153.4.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4810-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6536-1 thunderbird security update
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History

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:45:00 +0000

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

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 03:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-122

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics threat_severity

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cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-122

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Description An attacker could cause a heap buffer overflow by getting a user to open an email that is greater than or equal to 2GB in size. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 157. An attacker could cause a heap buffer overflow by getting a user to open an email that is greater than or equal to 2GB in size. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 140.17, and Thunderbird 153.4.
References

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Description An attacker could cause a heap buffer overflow by getting a user to open an email that is greater than or equal to 2GB in size. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 157.
Title Heap buffer overflow opening large email
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:19:56.134Z

Reserved: 2026-09-30T17:15:06.146Z

Link: CVE-2026-103500

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-30T18:18:18.120

Modified: 2026-09-30T19:05:23.307

Link: CVE-2026-103500

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-30T17:15:06Z

Links: CVE-2026-103500 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T11:30:05Z

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