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Out-of-bounds read In thunderbird

Description

A malicious mail server could send malformed strings with negative lengths, causing the parser to read memory outside the buffer. If a mail server or connection to a mail server were compromised, an attacker could cause the parser to malfunction, potentially crashing Thunderbird or leaking sensitive data. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 149 and Thunderbird 140.9.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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Patched versions

1-10 of 14

10