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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-84639 EUVD-2026-69708GHSA-4x6j-cpvp-7f2c

Uninitialized memory in MIME parsing

Published Sep 1, 2026 · Updated Sep 17, 2026 · Assigned by mozilla

Description

Triggering an error condition in certain MIME bodies would cause uninitialized memory to be used. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird 140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mozilla Thunderbird — 140.15

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 thunderbird 1:153.2.0esr-1 —
Debian 13 thunderbird 1:140.15.0esr-1~deb13u1 —
Debian 12 thunderbird 1:140.15.0esr-1~deb12u1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 thunderbird 140.16.0-1.el10_2 RHSA-2026:73130
RHEL 9 thunderbird 140.16.0-1.el9_8 RHSA-2026:70642
RHEL 8 thunderbird 140.16.0-1.el8_10 RHSA-2026:73971
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10.0 EUS thunderbird 140.15.0-1.el10_0 RHSA-2026:77631
RHEL 9.6 EUS thunderbird 140.15.0-1.el9_6 RHSA-2026:80503
RHEL 9.4 E4S thunderbird 140.15.0-1.el9_4 RHSA-2026:77627
RHEL 9.2 E4S thunderbird 140.15.0-1.el9_2 RHSA-2026:77632
RHEL 8.8 TUS thunderbird 140.16.0-1.el8_8 RHSA-2026:81912
RHEL 8.8 E4S thunderbird 140.16.0-1.el8_8 RHSA-2026:81912
RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life thunderbird 140.16.0-1.el8_6 RHSA-2026:81913
RHEL 8.6 AUS thunderbird 140.16.0-1.el8_6 RHSA-2026:81913
RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life thunderbird 140.16.0-1.el8_4 RHSA-2026:82122
RHEL 8.4 AUS thunderbird 140.16.0-1.el8_4 RHSA-2026:82122

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 10 thunderbird 140.16.0-1.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:73130
AlmaLinux 9 thunderbird 140.16.0-1.el9_8.alma.1 ALSA-2026:70642
AlmaLinux 8 thunderbird 140.16.0-1.el8_10.alma.1 ALSA-2026:73971

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 thunderbird 140.16.0-1.el10_2 RLSA-2026:73130
Rocky Linux 9 thunderbird 140.16.0-1.el9_8 RLSA-2026:70642
Rocky Linux 8 thunderbird 140.16.0-1.el8_10 RLSA-2026:73971
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 MozillaThunderbird 153.2.0-150400.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4268-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaThunderbird 140.15.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11678-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 thunderbird 140.16.0-1.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2026-3952

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 10 thunderbird 140.16.0-1.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-73130
Oracle Linux 9 thunderbird 140.16.0-1.0.1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-70642
Oracle Linux 8 thunderbird 140.16.0-1.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-73971

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