CVE-2026-110249

Denial-of-service in the Exchange email component

Published Oct 13, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.6 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A malicious, compromised, or MITM-controlled Exchange server can return a single well-formed SOAP response containing an element with enough attributes to keep Thunderbird's main thread CPU-bound for seconds to hours. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 158 and Thunderbird 153.5.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4863-1 thunderbird security update
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-400
Metrics cvssV3_1

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

ssvc

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

cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

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

threat_severity

Moderate

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A malicious, compromised, or MITM-controlled Exchange server can return a single well-formed SOAP response containing an element with enough attributes to keep Thunderbird's main thread CPU-bound for seconds to hours. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 158 and Thunderbird 153.5.
Title Denial-of-service in the Exchange email component
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Oct 21, 2026, 5:25 PM
Reserved
Oct 13, 2026, 6:08 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 13, 2026, 7:18 PM
Modified
Oct 20, 2026, 6:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 13, 2026, 6:08 PM