Mozilla Thunderbird up to 78.10.1 Encrypted Message data authenticity

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 78.10.1 (Mail Client Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Encrypted Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data authenticity vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-345. The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 06/25/2021. The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-29957. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/02/2021).

Upgrading to version 78.10.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Data authenticity
CWE: CWE-345
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 78.10.2

Timelineinfo

04/01/2021 🔍
06/25/2021 +85 days 🔍
06/25/2021 +0 days 🔍
07/02/2021 +7 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-29957 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2021 11:46
Updated: 07/02/2021 10:56
Changes: 06/25/2021 11:46 (39), 07/02/2021 10:51 (5), 07/02/2021 10:56 (16)
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