CVE-2021-29948

Published: Jun 24, 2021Modified: Nov 21, 2024

2.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 1.4

Source: NVD

Description

Signatures are written to disk before and read during verification, which might be subject to a race condition when a malicious local process or user is replacing the file. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.10.

Affected (1)

Products: Mozilla: Thunderbird

Mozilla

1 product

Thunderbird

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Thunderbird	Before 78.10

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (4)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1692899

Source: security@mozilla.org

ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-14/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1692899

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-14/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Release NotesVendor Advisory

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