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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23991

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23991 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.800000190734863 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
6.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14thunderbird0, 0, 0
Debian:11thunderbird0, 0, 0
Debian:12thunderbird0, 0, 0
Debian:13thunderbird0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jun 24, 2021 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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