CVE-2021-29950

Summary

CVE	CVE-2021-29950
State	PUBLIC
Assigner	[email protected]
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2021-06-24 14:15:00 UTC
Updated	2021-06-25 20:12:00 UTC
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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-312

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Mozilla	Thunderbird	All	All	All	All

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
Access Denied	MISC	bugzilla.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.8.1 — Mozilla	MISC	www.mozilla.org
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

Legacy QID Mappings

179596 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (CVE-2021-29950)
198355 Ubuntu Security Notification for Thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-4936-1)
257078 CentOS Security Update for thunderbird (CESA-2021:1192)
375515 Mozilla Thunderbird Vulnerability (MFSA2021-17)
750810 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2021:1854-1)
940242 AlmaLinux Security Update for thunderbird (ALSA-2021:1193)