CVE-2021-29950

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

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3