CVE-2026-57962

Medium

Description

A malicious LDAP server, which a Thunderbird user is configured to query for address-book autocomplete, can stash arbitrarily large amounts of attacker-supplied data into the Thunderbird LDAP client until it crashes due to memory exhaustion. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 152.0.1 and Thunderbird 140.12.1.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Thunderbird
PublishedJul 1, 2026
First seenJul 1, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla thunderbird140.12.1, 152.0.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla thunderbirdv < 140.12.1, v < 152.0.1140.12.1, 152.0.1

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