Description
When Thunderbird asked for a security device password (for example a smartcard PIN or the Primary Password) while decrypting an S/MIME message, the message load could finish or be cancelled while the prompt was open. This freed the message decoder while it was still in use, causing a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 158.0.1.
Published: 2026-10-20
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-416
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L'}


Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Description When Thunderbird asked for a security device password (for example a smartcard PIN or the Primary Password) while decrypting an S/MIME message, the message load could finish or be cancelled while the prompt was open. This freed the message decoder while it was still in use, causing a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 158.0.1.
Title Use-after-free in S/MIME decryption during a security device password prompt
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Mozilla Thunderbird
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-20T19:42:17.936Z

Reserved: 2026-10-20T19:14:55.700Z

Link: CVE-2026-113869

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-20T20:17:19.860

Modified: 2026-10-20T20:17:19.860

Link: CVE-2026-113869

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Updated: 2026-10-20T21:00:18Z

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