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CVE-2021-29950

Mozilla: Logic issue potentially leaves key material unlocked

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 8, 2021

Updated · November 22, 2025

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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

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

CWE-522 · Insufficiently Protected Credentials