A maliciously constructed mail header could lead to a one byte read past the end of a buffer. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird 140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2.
CVE-2026-84640
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-02. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(high)
- EG Risk
- 49(Track)EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 18%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 1, 2026
Last Modified
September 3, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Sep 2, 2026Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 153.2 — Mozilla
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-88/Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 140.15 — Mozilla
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-87/Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 155 — Mozilla
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-86/Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-84640(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | 1:102.11.0-1 ... 1:140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (227 versions) | 1:140.15.0esr-1~deb12u1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | 1:128.13.0esr-1 ... 1:140.9.1esr-1~deb13u1 (83 versions) | 1:140.15.0esr-1~deb13u1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | 1:128.13.0esr-1 ... 1:153.2.0esr-1 (93 versions) | — | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 25× in last 7d / 69× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-09-19 09:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-18 21:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 21:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-18 09:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 20:40 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-17 20:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-17 06:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 18:38 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-16 18:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-16 04:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-15 15:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-15 03:22 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-15 03:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-14 15:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-14 02:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-14 02:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-13 14:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-13 02:01 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-13 02:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-09-12 13:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-12 01:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-12 01:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-11 13:01 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-11 13:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-11 00:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-10 12:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-10 12:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-10 00:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-09 11:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-08 23:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-08 23:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-08 11:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-07 22:17 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-07 22:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-07 09:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-06 21:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-06 21:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-06 09:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-05 20:48 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-05 20:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-05 15:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-05 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-04 20:08 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-04 20:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-04 07:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-04 07:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-03 19:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-03 18:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-03 07:53 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-03 07:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-02 19:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-02 18:57 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.50
- 2026-09-02 18:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-02 18:55 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
- 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-01 22:18 UTCNVD update
- 2026-09-01 21:43 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-01 21:42 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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