CVE-2021-29969
If Thunderbird was configured to use STARTTLS for an IMAP connection, and an attacker injected IMAP server responses prior to the completion of the STARTTLS handshake, then Thunderbird didn't ignore
02 Description
If Thunderbird was configured to use STARTTLS for an IMAP connection, and an attacker injected IMAP server responses prior to the completion of the STARTTLS handshake, then Thunderbird didn't ignore
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 68.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-08-05 19:46Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 22:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-04-01
- Assigning CNA
- mozilla
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d6429d61d6313ecc6f21e199fbc1a37046713d17a58d8b1e5f01bd61e921a26d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-30/
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1682370
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202208-14https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- thunderbird Fixed in 78.12.0-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:78.12.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:78.12.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:78.12.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.