CVE-2021-43528
published 2021-12-08CVE-2021-43528: Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area. The JavaScript execution context was limited to this area and did not receive chrome-level…
PriorityP430medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNIHAN
EPSS
1.27%
66.5th percentile
Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area. The JavaScript execution context was limited to this area and did not receive chrome-level privileges, but could be used as a stepping stone to further an attack with other vulnerabilities. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0.
Affected
13 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | thunderbird | < thunderbird 1:91.4.0-1 (bookworm) | thunderbird 1:91.4.0-1 (bookworm) |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 91.4.0 | 91.4.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:91.4.1-1~deb11u1 | 1:91.4.1-1~deb11u1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:91.4.0-1 | 1:91.4.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:91.4.0-1 | 1:91.4.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:91.4.0-1 | 1:91.4.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= unspecified < 91.4.0 | 91.4.0 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2022-01-21·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2021-4140 [MEDIUM] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
obtain sensitive information, conduct spoofing attacks, bypass security
restrictions, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-4129, CVE-2021-4140,
CVE-2021-43536, CVE-2021-43537, CVE-2021-43538, CVE-2021-43539,
CVE-2021-43541, CVE-2021-43542, CVE-2021-43543, CVE-2021-43545,
CVE-2021-43656, CVE-2022-22737, CVE-2022-22738, CVE-2022-22739,
CVE-2022-22740, CVE-2022-22741, CVE-2022-22742, CVE-2022-22743,
CVE-2022-22745, CVE-2022-22747, CVE-2022-22748, CVE-2022-22751)
It was discovered th
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2022-01-21·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2022-22742 [HIGH] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
obtain sensitive information, trick a user into accepting unwanted
permissions, conduct header splitting attacks, conduct spoofing attacks,
bypass security restrictions, confuse the user, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2021-4129, CVE-2021-4140, CVE-2021-29981, CVE-2021-29982,
CVE-2021-29987, CVE-2021-29991, CVE-2021-38495, CVE-2021-38496,
CVE-2021-38497, CVE-2021-38498, CVE-2021-38500, CVE-2021-38501,
CVE-2021-38503, CVE-2021-38504, CVE-2021-38506, CVE-2021-38507,
CVE-2021-38508,
Red Hat
Mozilla: JavaScript unexpectedly enabled for the composition area
vendor_redhat·2021-12-07·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2021-43528 [MEDIUM] CWE-281 Mozilla: JavaScript unexpectedly enabled for the composition area
Mozilla: JavaScript unexpectedly enabled for the composition area
Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area. The JavaScript execution context was limited to this area and did not receive chrome-level privileges, but could be used as a stepping stone to further an attack with other vulnerabilities. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0.
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Out of support scope
Debian
CVE-2021-43528: thunderbird - Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area. The JavaScr...
vendor_debian·2021·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2021-43528 [MEDIUM] CVE-2021-43528: thunderbird - Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area. The JavaScr...
Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area. The JavaScript execution context was limited to this area and did not receive chrome-level privileges, but could be used as a stepping stone to further an attack with other vulnerabilities. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1:91.4.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1:91.4.1-1~deb11u1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1:91.4.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1:91.4.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1:91.4.0-1)
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-54: CVE-2021-43528
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2021-43528 [MEDIUM] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-54: CVE-2021-43528
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-54
CVE: CVE-2021-43528
Product: Thunderbird
Impact: high
Fixed in: Thunderbird 91.4
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities
osv·2022-01-21·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2021-4129 [HIGH] thunderbird vulnerabilities
thunderbird vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
obtain sensitive information, trick a user into accepting unwanted
permissions, conduct header splitting attacks, conduct spoofing attacks,
bypass security restrictions, confuse the user, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2021-4129, CVE-2021-4140, CVE-2021-29981, CVE-2021-29982,
CVE-2021-29987, CVE-2021-29991, CVE-2021-38495, CVE-2021-38496,
CVE-2021-38497, CVE-2021-38498, CVE-2021-38500, CVE-2021-38501,
CVE-2021-38503, CVE-2021-38504, CVE-2021-38506, CVE-2021-38507,
CVE-2021-38508, CVE-2021-38509, CVE-2021-43534, CVE-2021-43535,
CVE-2021-43536, CVE
GHSA
GHSA-q4gq-74cq-85g9: Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area
ghsa_unreviewed·2021-12-09
CVE-2021-43528 [MEDIUM] CWE-269 GHSA-q4gq-74cq-85g9: Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area
Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area. The JavaScript execution context was limited to this area and did not receive chrome-level privileges, but could be used as a stepping stone to further an attack with other vulnerabilities. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0.
OSV
CVE-2021-43528: Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area
osv·2021-12-08·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2021-43528 [MEDIUM] CVE-2021-43528: Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area
Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area. The JavaScript execution context was limited to this area and did not receive chrome-level privileges, but could be used as a stepping stone to further an attack with other vulnerabilities. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1742579https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1742579https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/
2021-12-08
Published