Description
When authenticating to a POP3 or SMTP server using NTLM, Thunderbird did not check whether the server's challenge was valid base64. A malicious server could send a challenge that caused Thunderbird to include uninitialized heap memory in its NTLM response, disclosing that memory to the server. A challenge consisting only of base64 padding also caused an out-of-bounds read, crashing Thunderbird. This affected accounts configured to use NTLM or GSSAPI authentication. The uninitialized memory disclosure only affected NTLM. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 158.0.1 and Thunderbird 153.5.1.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | — | 153.5.1 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | thunderbird | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | thunderbird | 1:153.5.1esr-1~deb13u1 | — |
| Debian 12 | thunderbird | 1:153.5.1esr-1~deb12u1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | thunderbird | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | thunderbird | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | thunderbird | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | thunderbird | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaThunderbird | 153.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:12224-1 |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 | thunderbird | 153.5.1-1.amzn2.0.1 | ALAS2-2026-4057 |
Advisories 3
- WID-SEC-2026-4064 Mozilla Produkte (Thunderbird, Firefox ESR und Firefox): Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 12, 2026
- ALAS2-2026-4057 Important: thunderbird security update (Amazon Linux 2) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Nov 2, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:12224-1 MozillaThunderbird-153.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Oct 23, 2026