CVE-2021-23993

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    CVE-2021-23993

    Published: 24 Jun 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An attacker may perform a DoS attack to prevent a user from sending encrypted email to a correspondent. If an attacker creates a crafted OpenPGP key with a subkey that has an invalid self signature, and the Thunderbird user imports the crafted key, then Thunderbird may try to use the invalid subkey, but the RNP library rejects it from being used, causing encryption to fail. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.9.1.

    References: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-13/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1666360

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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