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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26970

When reading SMTP server status codes, Thunderbird writes an integer value to a position on the stack that is intended to contain just one byte. Depending on processor architecture and stack layout, this leads to stack corruption that may be exploitable. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.5.1.

Products
thunderbird
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1:78.5.1-1
CVEs
CVE-2020-26970
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 13:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26970

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Dec 2020, 01:15 UTC

When reading SMTP server status codes, Thunderbird writes an integer value to a position on the stack that is intended to contain just one byte. Depending on processor architecture and stack layout, this leads to stack corruption that may be exploitable. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.5.1.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26970

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1:78.5.1-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1:78.5.1-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1:78.5.1-1

Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-26T12:02:41.515797830Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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