Bug 2534199 (CVE-2026-92238)

Summary: CVE-2026-92238 thunderbird: Thunderbird: Memory safety violations via maliciously crafted mail headers
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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A flaw was found in Thunderbird where a maliciously constructed mail header could lead to ambiguous parsing. This vulnerability could result in multiple mail header fields being incorrectly interpreted as one, or cause memory safety violations. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this to trigger unexpected application behavior or a denial of service.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-15 20:08:27 UTC
A maliciously constructed mail header could lead to multiple fields being parsed as one, or potential memory safety violations. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 140.16.

Comment 1 Jon Orris 2026-09-24 01:58:11 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:70642 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70642

Comment 2 Jon Orris 2026-09-29 12:16:02 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:73130 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73130

Comment 3 Jon Orris 2026-09-30 14:20:03 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:73971 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73971