A malicious or compromised IMAP server can trigger an out-of-bounds read in the IMAP response parser by sending an untagged '* ID' response, crashing Thunderbird. The affected parsing path is reachable before authentication. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 156, Thunderbird 140.16, and Thunderbird 153.3.

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Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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Description A malicious or compromised IMAP server can trigger an out-of-bounds read in the IMAP response parser by sending an untagged '* ID' response, crashing Thunderbird. The affected parsing path is reachable before authentication. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 156 and Thunderbird 140.16. A malicious or compromised IMAP server can trigger an out-of-bounds read in the IMAP response parser by sending an untagged '* ID' response, crashing Thunderbird. The affected parsing path is reachable before authentication. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 156, Thunderbird 140.16, and Thunderbird 153.3.
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Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-125
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{'score': 3.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Description A malicious or compromised IMAP server can trigger an out-of-bounds read in the IMAP response parser by sending an untagged '* ID' response, crashing Thunderbird. The affected parsing path is reachable before authentication. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 140.16. A malicious or compromised IMAP server can trigger an out-of-bounds read in the IMAP response parser by sending an untagged '* ID' response, crashing Thunderbird. The affected parsing path is reachable before authentication. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 156 and Thunderbird 140.16.
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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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Description A malicious or compromised IMAP server can trigger an out-of-bounds read in the IMAP response parser by sending an untagged '* ID' response, crashing Thunderbird. The affected parsing path is reachable before authentication. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 140.16.
Title Out-of-bounds read in IMAP response parser
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-16T14:24:29.413Z

Reserved: 2026-09-15T19:42:52.961Z

Link: CVE-2026-92240

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-15T20:19:41.677

Modified: 2026-09-16T15:19:00.527

Link: CVE-2026-92240

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-09-15T19:42:53Z

Links: CVE-2026-92240 - Bugzilla

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