CVE-2021-29950
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-29950
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-29950.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 78.8.1-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:78.9.0-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:78.9.0-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:78.9.0-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:78.9.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:78.9.0-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.