Thunderbird seems to corrupt / damage certain PDF files

Lately I have experienced trouble with receiving certain PDF files. (I say certain because it does not happen to all PDF files I have received).
I can download and save them normally but they will not open and simply say they are corrupt and unrepairable. After some testing I pinpointed it to being an issue with Thunderbird as an e-mail with a pdf file could be opened on other e-mail accounts but the file still showed up as corrupt on thunderbird.
Steps in which the issue occurs:
> Receiving an e-mail with a PDF file
> opening and/or saving the file
Result:
> Damaged/Corrupt file
Expected result:
> The correct and working PDF File.

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