A malicious LDAP server, which a Thunderbird user is configured to query for address-book autocomplete, can stash arbitrarily large amounts of attacker-supplied data into the Thunderbird LDAP client until it crashes due to memory exhaustion. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 152.0.1 and Thunderbird 140.12.1.
History

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-1050
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


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Weaknesses CWE-399

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-399

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Weaknesses CWE-400
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-399

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First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird

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Weaknesses CWE-399

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Description A malicious LDAP server, which a Thunderbird user is configured to query for address-book autocomplete, can stash arbitrarily large amounts of attacker-supplied data into the Thunderbird LDAP client until it crashes due to memory exhaustion. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 152.0.1 and Thunderbird 140.12.1.
Title Denial-of-service via malicious LDAP address-book server
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2026-07-01T00:58:32.777Z

Updated: 2026-07-01T14:40:26.466Z

Reserved: 2026-06-26T15:27:32.831Z

Link: CVE-2026-57962

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-01T14:39:58.188Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-07-01T02:17:00.597

Modified: 2026-07-06T15:21:36.847

Link: CVE-2026-57962

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-07-01T00:58:32Z

Links: CVE-2026-57962 - Bugzilla