CVE-2026-57962

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.

  • Published Jul 1, 2026
  • CVSS 5.3 medium
  • 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)
  • A fix is available

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CVE-2026-57962 at the National Vulnerability Database