CVE-2021-29950

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-312

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jun 24, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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