Vulnerability · NVD
CVE-2021-40529
MEDIUM 5.9
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.
Attack vector : Network
No privileges required
No user interaction
Show raw CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.53%
above median
percentile 72.5%
Tracked apps referencing this CVE
For each app: the affected range, the fixing version, and where the tracked app stands today.
Vulnerable CPE configurations (1)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions | CPE 2.3 URI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla |
thunderbird All platforms (wildcard)
|
All platforms (wildcard) | <91.12.0 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |