cve-2021-29950
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-06-24 13:18
Modified
2024-08-03 22:18
Severity ?
Summary
Thunderbird unprotects a secret OpenPGP key prior to using it for a decryption, signing or key import task. If the task runs into a failure, the secret key may remain in memory in its unprotected state. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.8.1.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1673239Exploit, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-17/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1673239Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-17/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
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Mozilla Thunderbird Version: unspecified   < 78.8.1
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