If a Thunderbird user has previously imported Alice's OpenPGP key, and Alice has extended the validity period of her key, but Alice's updated key has not yet been imported, an attacker may send an email containing a crafted version of Alice's key with an invalid subkey, Thunderbird might subsequently attempt to use the invalid subkey, and will fail to send encrypted email to Alice. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.9.1.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2632-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4897-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-10911 If a Thunderbird user has previously imported Alice's OpenPGP key, and Alice has extended the validity period of her key, but Alice's updated key has not yet been imported, an attacker may send an email containing a crafted version of Alice's key with an invalid subkey, Thunderbird might subsequently attempt to use the invalid subkey, and will fail to send encrypted email to Alice. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.9.1.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4995-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4995-2 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:14:10.003Z

Reserved: 2021-01-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-23991

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-06-24T14:15:09.197

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:52:09.950

Link: CVE-2021-23991

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-04-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-23991 - Bugzilla

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