CVE-2021-23991

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Thunderbird
PublishedJun 24, 2021
First seenJun 24, 2021

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla thunderbird78.9.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla thunderbirdv < 78.9.178.9.1

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