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CVE-2026-14899

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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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-22 20:16:48.383000
Last modified
2026-10-24 13:10:00.147000
View original CVE JSON
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  "published": "2026-07-22T20:16:48.383",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-24T13:10:00.147",
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