CVE-2021-23991

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.
References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1673240 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-13/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1673240 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-13/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:52

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1673240 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1673240 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-13/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-13/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2021-06-24 14:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:52


NVD link : CVE-2021-23991

Mitre link : CVE-2021-23991

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-23991


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • thunderbird