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CVE-2026-84640

thunderbird: One byte overflow read in mail parser

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.1

Review impact separately from score.

Published · September 2, 2026

Updated · October 13, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in Thunderbird. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a maliciously constructed mail header. This could lead to a one-byte read past the end of a buffer, potentially resulting in information disclosure or other unpredictable behavior.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read