CVE-2021-29956

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jun 24, 2021
Updated: Aug 3, 2024
Reserved: Apr 1, 2021

Description

OpenPGP secret keys that were imported using Thunderbird version 78.8.1 up to version 78.10.1 were stored unencrypted on the user's local disk. The master password protection was inactive for those keys. Version 78.10.2 will restore the protection mechanism for newly imported keys, and will automatically protect keys that had been imported using affected Thunderbird versions. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.10.2.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ThunderbirdMozilla	before 78.10.2Affected

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-22/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1710290

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