Bug 2544154 (CVE-2026-103500)

Summary: CVE-2026-103500 thunderbird: thunderbird: Heap buffer overflow via opening large emails
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: gotiwari, jhorak, mvyas, rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in Thunderbird. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to open an email that is 2GB or larger, triggering a heap buffer overflow. This flaw allows an attacker to corrupt memory, which may cause an application crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS), or potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-30 17:22:39 UTC
An attacker could cause a heap buffer overflow by getting a user to open an email that is greater than or equal to 2GB in size. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 157.