CVE-2026-92238 (GCVE-0-2026-92238)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-15 19:42
Modified
2026-09-22 18:43
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A maliciously constructed mail header could lead to multiple fields being parsed as one, or potential memory safety violations. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 156, Thunderbird 140.16, and Thunderbird 153.3.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Thunderbird Unaffected: 140.16
Unaffected: 153.3
Unaffected: 156
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