CVE-2021-29950

high

Description

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

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-17/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1673239

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-06-24

Updated: 2021-06-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00131