CVE-2026-57962

Denial-of-service via malicious LDAP address-book server

Published Jul 1, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4727-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6418-1 thunderbird security update
History
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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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First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird
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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
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Jul 1, 2026, 2:40 PM
Reserved
Jun 26, 2026, 3:27 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 1, 2026, 2:17 AM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 5:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 1, 2026, 12:58 AM