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Recent Mozilla Thunderbird Security Advisories

Advisory Title Published
mfsa2026-16 Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 148 mfsa2026-16 February 24, 2026
mfsa2026-17 Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 140.8 mfsa2026-17 February 24, 2026
mfsa2026-11 Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 147.0.2 and 140.7.2 mfsa2026-11 February 16, 2026
mfsa2026-08 Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 140.7.1 mfsa2026-08 January 27, 2026
mfsa2026-07 Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 147.0.1 mfsa2026-07 January 27, 2026
mfsa2026-04 Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 147 mfsa2026-04 January 13, 2026
mfsa2026-05 Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 140.7 mfsa2026-05 January 13, 2026
mfsa2025-95 Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 146 mfsa2025-95 December 9, 2025
mfsa2025-96 Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 140.6 mfsa2025-96 December 9, 2025
mfsa2025-90 Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 145 mfsa2025-90 November 13, 2025

By the Year

In 2026 there have been 61 vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird with an average score of 8.8 out of ten. Last year, in 2025 Thunderbird had 157 security vulnerabilities published. If vulnerabilities keep coming in at the current rate, it appears that number of security vulnerabilities in Thunderbird in 2026 could surpass last years number. However, the average CVE base score of the vulnerabilities in 2026 is greater by 1.10.




Year Vulnerabilities Average Score
2026 61 8.77
2025 157 7.66
2024 119 7.19
2023 102 7.49
2022 116 7.56
2021 73 7.23
2020 80 7.59
2019 62 8.21
2018 167 8.24

It may take a day or so for new Thunderbird vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilities. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.

Recent Mozilla Thunderbird Security Vulnerabilities

Memory Safety Bugs in Firefox 147 (CVE20262807)
CVE-2026-2807 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 147 and Thunderbird 147. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148 and Thunderbird < 148.

Memory Corruption

Invalid pointer DOM Core & HTML in Firefox <148
CVE-2026-2805 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Invalid pointer in the DOM: Core & HTML component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148 and Thunderbird < 148.

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Firefox Graphics Text Uninit Memory (CVE-2026-2806)
CVE-2026-2806 9.1 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Uninitialized memory in the Graphics: Text component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148 and Thunderbird < 148.

Use of Uninitialized Variable

Use-after-Free in Firefox WebAssembly JS Engine
CVE-2026-2804 5.4 - Medium - February 24, 2026

Use-after-free in the JavaScript: WebAssembly component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148 and Thunderbird < 148.

Dangling pointer

Firefox <148 WAsm Boundary Condition Vulnerability
CVE-2026-2801 7.5 - High - February 24, 2026

Incorrect boundary conditions in the JavaScript: WebAssembly component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148 and Thunderbird < 148.

Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

Firefox <148: UAF in DOM Core/HTML
CVE-2026-2799 8.8 - High - February 24, 2026

Use-after-free in the DOM: Core & HTML component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148 and Thunderbird < 148.

Dangling pointer

Firefox Android WebAuthn Spoofing CVE
CVE-2026-2800 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Spoofing issue in the WebAuthn component in Firefox for Android. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148 and Thunderbird < 148.

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Firefox WebAssembly JIT Miscompilation CVE-2026-2796
CVE-2026-2796 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript: WebAssembly component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148 and Thunderbird < 148.

Object Type Confusion

Firefox JavaScript GC UAF (CVE20262797)
CVE-2026-2797 8.8 - High - February 24, 2026

Use-after-free in the JavaScript: GC component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148 and Thunderbird < 148.

Dangling pointer

Use-after-free in JS GC (Firefox <148)
CVE-2026-2795 8.8 - High - February 24, 2026

Use-after-free in the JavaScript: GC component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148 and Thunderbird < 148.

Dangling pointer

Memory Safety Bug in Firefox ESR <115.33/140.8; <148 for FF/Thunderbird
CVE-2026-2793 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.32, Firefox ESR 140.7, Thunderbird ESR 140.7, Firefox 147 and Thunderbird 147. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Memory Corruption

Memory Safety Bugs in Firefox 147 & ESR 140.7, Thunderbird 147 & ESR 140.7
CVE-2026-2792 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.7, Thunderbird ESR 140.7, Firefox 147 and Thunderbird 147. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Memory Corruption

Firefox <148 / ESR<140.8: Networking Cache Mitigation Bypass
CVE-2026-2791 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Mitigation bypass in the Networking: Cache component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Use-after-free in Graphics ImageLib of Firefox <148 (ESR <115.33/140.8)
CVE-2026-2789 8.8 - High - February 24, 2026

Use-after-free in the Graphics: ImageLib component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Dangling pointer

UAF in Firefox DOM Window/Location before v148
CVE-2026-2787 8.8 - High - February 24, 2026

Use-after-free in the DOM: Window and Location component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Dangling pointer

Firefox <148 Boundary Condition Flaw in Audio/Video GMP
CVE-2026-2788 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Incorrect boundary conditions in the Audio/Video: GMP component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Buffer Overflow

Use-after-free in Firefox JS Engine (before 148)
CVE-2026-2786 8.8 - High - February 24, 2026

Use-after-free in the JavaScript Engine component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Firefox <148/ESR<140.8: Invalid Pointer in JS Engine
CVE-2026-2785 8.8 - High - February 24, 2026

Invalid pointer in the JavaScript Engine component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Firefox <148 & ESR<140.8: DOM Mitigation Bypass in Security Component
CVE-2026-2784 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Security component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Firefox Netmonitor Privilege Escalation (v<148/ESR<140.8)
CVE-2026-2782 8.8 - High - February 24, 2026

Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Improper Privilege Management

Firefox Netmonitor PrivEsc pre-148 ESR<140.8
CVE-2026-2780 8.8 - High - February 24, 2026

Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Improper Privilege Management

Firefox JAR Boundary Flaw (pre-148, ESR <140.8)
CVE-2026-2779 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Incorrect boundary conditions in the Networking: JAR component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Buffer Overflow

Firefox sandbox escape via DOM boundary conditions <148
CVE-2026-2778 10 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the DOM: Core & HTML component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Buffer Overflow

Privilege Escalation in Firefox MessagingSystem <148 (ESR <115.33,140.8)
CVE-2026-2777 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Privilege escalation in the Messaging System component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Improper Privilege Management

Sandbox escape CVE-2026-2776 in Firefox <148 via Telemetry boundary
CVE-2026-2776 10 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Telemetry component in External Software. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Buffer Overflow

Firefox HTMLParser Mitigation Bypass before v148 (ESR <115.33/140.8)
CVE-2026-2775 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Mitigation bypass in the DOM: HTML Parser component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Firefox Audio/Video Component Integer Overflow (FF<148, ESR<115.33)
CVE-2026-2774 8.8 - High - February 24, 2026

Integer overflow in the Audio/Video component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Firefox WebAudio Wrong boundary flaw before v148
CVE-2026-2773 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Incorrect boundary conditions in the Web Audio component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Buffer Overflow

Firefox <148 / ESR <115.33, <140.8 Undefined Behavior in DOM (CVE2026-2771)
CVE-2026-2771 - February 24, 2026

Undefined behavior in the DOM: Core & HTML component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

UAF in Firefox <148 AV Playback component
CVE-2026-2772 8.8 - High - February 24, 2026

Use-after-free in the Audio/Video: Playback component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Dangling pointer

Use-after-free in Firefox DOM Bindings (WebIDL) < v148
CVE-2026-2770 8.8 - High - February 24, 2026

Use-after-free in the DOM: Bindings (WebIDL) component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Dangling pointer

Use-after-free in Firefox IndexedDB before v148
CVE-2026-2769 8.8 - High - February 24, 2026

Use-after-free in the Storage: IndexedDB component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Dangling pointer

Firefox <=148 IndexedDB sandbox escape
CVE-2026-2768 10 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Sandbox escape in the Storage: IndexedDB component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Protection Mechanism Failure

Useafterfree in Firefox JavaScript Engine JIT <148/ESR 140.8
CVE-2026-2766 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Use-after-free in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Dangling pointer

Use-after-free in Firefox JS Engine (before 148, ESR<140.8)
CVE-2026-2765 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Use-after-free in the JavaScript Engine component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Dangling pointer

Firefox <148 JIT Miscompilation UAF in JS Engine
CVE-2026-2764 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

JIT miscompilation, use-after-free in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Dangling pointer

UAF in Firefox JavaScript Engine < v148 & ESR 115.33
CVE-2026-2763 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Use-after-free in the JavaScript Engine component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Dangling pointer

Integer Overflow in Firefox JS Std Lib <148 (ESR<140.8)
CVE-2026-2762 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Integer overflow in the JavaScript: Standard Library component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Firefox Sandbox Escape via WebRender (148, ESR 115.33)
CVE-2026-2761 10 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Sandbox escape in the Graphics: WebRender component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Protection Mechanism Failure

Firefox Sandbox Escape in WebRender before 148 / ESR 115.33 / 140.8
CVE-2026-2760 10 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Graphics: WebRender component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

1384

Firefox <148 UAF in JS GC
CVE-2026-2758 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Use-after-free in the JavaScript: GC component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

Dangling pointer

Firefox <148 ImgLib Boundary Condition Vulnerability
CVE-2026-2759 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Incorrect boundary conditions in the Graphics: ImageLib component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

1384

Firefox <148 Boundary Condition Bug in WebRTC AV
CVE-2026-2757 9.8 - Critical - February 24, 2026

Incorrect boundary conditions in the WebRTC: Audio/Video component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 148, Firefox ESR < 115.33, Firefox ESR < 140.8, Thunderbird < 148, and Thunderbird < 140.8.

1384

Firefox < 147.0.4 Heap Buffer Overflow via libvpx
CVE-2026-2447 8.8 - High - February 16, 2026

Heap buffer overflow in libvpx. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 147.0.4, Firefox ESR < 140.7.1, Firefox ESR < 115.32.1, Thunderbird < 140.7.2, and Thunderbird < 147.0.2.

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Thunderbird <147.0.1 Vulnerable to CSS Leak via Decrypted OpenPGP Messages
CVE-2026-0818 4.3 - Medium - January 28, 2026

When a user explicitly requested Thunderbird to decrypt an inline OpenPGP message that was embedded in a text section of an email that was formatted and styled with HTML and CSS, then the decrypted contents were rendered in a context in which the CSS styles from the outer messages were active. If the user had additionally allowed loading of the remote content referenced by the outer email message, and the email was crafted by the sender using a combination of CSS rules and fonts and animations, then it was possible to extract the secret contents of the email. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 147.0.1 and Thunderbird < 140.7.1.

Information Disclosure

Mem safety bug in Firefox & Thunderbird enabling arbitrary code exec
CVE-2026-0892 9.8 - Critical - January 13, 2026

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 146 and Thunderbird 146. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 147 and Thunderbird < 147.

Buffer Overflow

Firefox/Thunderbird Spoofing via Copy&Paste Drag&Drop (pre-147/140.7)
CVE-2026-0890 5.4 - Medium - January 13, 2026

Spoofing issue in the DOM: Copy & Paste and Drag & Drop component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 147, Firefox ESR < 140.7, Thunderbird < 147, and Thunderbird < 140.7.

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Firefox/Thunderbird DoS via Service Workers DOM
CVE-2026-0889 7.5 - High - January 13, 2026

Denial-of-service in the DOM: Service Workers component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 147 and Thunderbird < 147.

Resource Exhaustion

Memory Safety Bugs in Firefox 146 & Thunderbird 146
CVE-2026-0891 8.1 - High - January 13, 2026

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.6, Thunderbird ESR 140.6, Firefox 146 and Thunderbird 146. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 147, Firefox ESR < 140.7, Thunderbird < 147, and Thunderbird < 140.7.

Buffer Overflow

Firefox & Thunderbird XML Component Info Disclosure CVE-2026-0888
CVE-2026-0888 5.3 - Medium - January 13, 2026

Information disclosure in the XML component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 147 and Thunderbird < 147.

Information Disclosure

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