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.
Published: 2021-06-24
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-16409 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4936-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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Mozilla Thunderbird
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T22:18:03.200Z

Reserved: 2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-29950

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-06-24T14:15:09.917

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:02:02.663

Link: CVE-2021-29950

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-03-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-29950 - Bugzilla

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