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CVE-2021-40529

nvd nist
Published: Sep 6, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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5.9
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

The ElGamal implementation in Botan through 2.18.1, as used in Thunderbird and other products, allows plaintext recovery because, during interaction between two cryptographic libraries, a certain dangerous combination of the prime defined by the receiver's public key, the generator defined by the receiver's public key, and the sender's ephemeral exponents can lead to a cross-configuration attack against OpenPGP.

Affected (4)

1 product
Botan
1 product
Fedora
1 product
Thunderbird
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Up to 2.18.1
Configuration B
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Fedoraproject
Version 34
Version 35
Configuration C
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Before 91.12.0

References (14)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

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