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.
Published: 2026-09-15
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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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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: 2026-09-15T20:01:42.207Z

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: 2026-09-15T20:19:41.677

Link: CVE-2026-92240

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