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    CVE-2026-92240

    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.

    Published:Sep 15, 2026
    Last Modified:Sep 24, 2026
    EPS:Sep 15, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.0069
    CVSS Score:9.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Thunderbird

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

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