CVE-2021-29969 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2021-29969 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 05/08/2021 | CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2021
Source: mozilla | Vendor: Mozilla | Product: Thunderbird
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2021-29969 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 the injected data. This could have resulted in Thunderbird showing incorrect information, for example the attacker could have tricked Thunderbird to show folders that didn\'t exist on the IMAP server. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.12.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID:
CWE Name: IMAP server responses sent by a MITM prior to STARTTLS could be processed
Source: Mozilla

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).