| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| mozilla | www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-42/ |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.818521");
script_version("2025-09-12T05:38:45+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-38493");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-12 05:38:45 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-11-04 20:50:00 +0000 (Thu, 04 Nov 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-09-09 00:25:17 +0530 (Thu, 09 Sep 2021)");
script_name("Mozilla Thunderbird Security Advisories (MFSA2021-37, MFSA2021-42) - Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a security update
according to Mozilla.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to memory safety bugs.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
attackers to run arbitrary code on affected system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Thunderbird version before
78.14 on Mac OS X.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 78.14
or later. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-42/");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_mozilla_prdts_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Thunderbird/MacOSX/Version");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"78.14")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"78.14", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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