Kaspersky ID:
KLA12261
Detect Date:
08/11/2021
Updated:
01/28/2026

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Mozilla Thunderbird. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information, cause denial of service, gain privileges, spoof user interface.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

  1. A type confusion vulnerability in JIT optimization can be exploited to obtain sensitive information.
  2. A denial of service vulnerability in JIT can be exploited to cause denial of service.
  3. A security UI vulnerability on Linux can be exploited to spoof user interface and gain privileges.

Original advisories

Exploitation

Public exploits exist for this vulnerability.

Related products

CVE list

  • CVE-2021-29981
    critical
  • CVE-2021-29982
    high
  • CVE-2021-29987
    high

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