Thunderbird vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.

Product14 known exploited432 versions
The short answer

Thunderbird is made by Mozilla. We track 1,544 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 432 versions. 14 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 6 October 2025. Mozilla lists newer releases under their own names, such as Thunderbird Esr, so check those pages too.

Check your version

The most recent Thunderbird flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2010-3765, on 6 October 2025. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Other names

Is Thunderbird listed under other names? Yes.

Mozilla also lists Thunderbird under more specific names, such as Thunderbird Esr. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.

Versions

Which versions of Thunderbird do the exploited flaws hit?

Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, usually as ranges. "before 115.16.0" means every version up to, but not including, 115.16.0. Find your version, then patch.

  • CVE-2010-3765Exploited list, 6 Oct 2025

    Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    3.0.13.0.23.0.33.0.43.0.53.0.63.0.73.0.8
  • CVE-2024-9680Exploited list, 15 Oct 2024

    Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability

    before 115.16.0128.0.1 to before 128.3.1131.0
  • CVE-2023-5217Exploited list, 2 Oct 2023

    Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

    before 115.3.1
  • CVE-2023-4863Exploited list, 13 Sep 2023

    Google Chromium WebP Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

    before 102.15.1115.0 to before 115.2.2
  • CVE-2016-9079Exploited list, 22 Jun 2023

    Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability

    before 45.5.1
  • CVE-2019-11707Exploited list, 23 May 2022

    Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Vulnerability

    before 60.7.2
  • CVE-2019-11708Exploited list, 23 May 2022

    Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Vulnerability

    before 60.7.2
  • CVE-2013-1690Exploited list, 28 Mar 2022

    Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

    before 17.0.7
  • CVE-2022-26485Exploited list, 7 Mar 2022

    Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability

    before 91.6.2
  • CVE-2022-26486Exploited list, 7 Mar 2022

    Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability

    before 91.6.2
  • CVE-2013-1675Exploited list, 3 Mar 2022

    Mozilla Firefox Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    before 17.0.6
  • CVE-2020-6820Exploited list, 3 Nov 2021

    Mozilla Firefox And Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability

    before 68.7.0
  • CVE-2020-6819Exploited list, 3 Nov 2021

    Mozilla Firefox And Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability

    before 68.7.0
  • CVE-2019-17026Exploited list, 3 Nov 2021

    Mozilla Firefox And Thunderbird Type Confusion Vulnerability

    before 68.4.1
Known exploited

Which Thunderbird vulnerabilities are being exploited?

14 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 9.8
    CVE-2010-3765CriticalKnown exploited
    Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird contain an unspecified vulnerability when JavaScript is enabled.

    Chance of use83%Known exploited since6 Oct 2025
  2. 9.8
    CVE-2024-9680CriticalKnown exploited
    Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability

    Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR contain a use-after-free vulnerability in Animation timelines that allows for code execution in the content process.

    Chance of use23%Known exploited since15 Oct 2024
  3. 8.8
    CVE-2023-5217HighKnown exploited
    Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

    Google Chromium libvpx contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in vp8 encoding that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

    Chance of use49%Known exploited since2 Oct 2023
  4. 8.8
    CVE-2023-4863HighKnown exploited
    Google Chromium WebP Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

    Google Chromium WebP contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to perform an out-of-bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page.

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since13 Sep 2023
  5. 7.5
    CVE-2016-9079HighKnown exploited
    Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability

    Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird contain a use-after-free vulnerability in SVG Animation, targeting Firefox and Tor browser users on Windows.

    Chance of use88%Known exploited since22 Jun 2023
  6. 8.8
    CVE-2019-11707HighKnown exploited
    Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Vulnerability

    Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird contain a type confusion vulnerability that can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop, allowing for an exploitable crash.

    Chance of use38%Known exploited since23 May 2022
  7. 10.0
    CVE-2019-11708CriticalKnown exploited
    Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Vulnerability

    Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird contain a sandbox escape vulnerability that could result in remote code execution.

    Chance of use56%Known exploited since23 May 2022
  8. 8.8
    CVE-2013-1690HighKnown exploited
    Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

    Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird do not properly handle onreadystatechange events in conjunction with page reloading, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or possibly execute malicious code...

    Chance of use69%Known exploited since28 Mar 2022
Exploit likelihood

Which Thunderbird flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. >99%

    The TLS protocol 1.2 and earlier, when a DHE_EXPORT ciphersuite is enabled on a server but not on a client, does not properly convey a DHE_EXPORT choice, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct...

    CVSS3.7Published21 May 2015
  2. 88%
    CVE-2016-9079HighKnown exploited

    A use-after-free vulnerability in SVG Animation has been discovered.

    CVSS7.5Published11 Jun 2018
  3. 84%

    The RC4 algorithm, as used in the TLS protocol and SSL protocol, has many single-byte biases, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct plaintext-recovery attacks via statistical analysis of ciphertext in...

    CVSS5.9Published15 Mar 2013
  4. 84%

    Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allow remote attackers to bypass the popup blocker via unspecified vectors.

    CVSS9.8Published19 Mar 2014
  5. 83%
    CVE-2010-3765CriticalKnown exploited

    Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before 3.1.6 and 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.0.10, when JavaScript is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute...

    CVSS9.8Published28 Oct 2010
  6. 82%

    The Web IDL implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome...

    CVSS9.8Published19 Mar 2014
  7. 76%

    Integer overflow in the Array.reduceRight method in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.18 and 4.x through 4.0.1, Thunderbird before 3.1.11, and SeaMonkey through 2.0.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via...

    CVSS10.0Published30 Jun 2011
  8. 73%

    Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 allow remote...

    CVSS9.3Published13 Jan 2013
  9. 71%

    Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Thunderbird 1.5 if Javascript is enabled in mail, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the QueryInterface method of the built-in Location and...

    CVSS5.1Published2 Feb 2006
  10. 70%

    The SVG implementation in Mozilla Firefox 8.0, Thunderbird 8.0, and SeaMonkey 2.5 does not properly interact with DOMAttrModified event handlers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service...

    CVSS7.5Published21 Dec 2011
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We track 1,544 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Thunderbird, across 432 versions. The most recent Thunderbird flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2010-3765, on 6 October 2025.

14 are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2010-3765, CVE-2024-9680 and CVE-2023-5217.

Mozilla also lists Thunderbird under more specific names, such as Thunderbird Esr. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.

Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2010-3765, affects 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4 and more. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.

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