CVE-2026-14899
The code to parse MIME headers for display when forwarding a message (if the setting to view all headers was enabled) had an off-by-one error, allowing a single byte to be read from the memory after the buffer for the headers, and potentially crashing…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The code to parse MIME headers for display when forwarding a message (if the setting to view all headers was enabled) had an off-by-one error, allowing a single byte to be read from the memory after the buffer for the headers, and potentially crashing Thunderbird. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 153 and Thunderbird 140.13.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.27% probability · 20th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-193
- Affected
- mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2046137Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-71/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-72/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.