CVE-2025-11719

Starting in Firefox 143, the use of the native messaging API by web extensions on Windows could lead to crashes caused by use-after-free memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144 and Thunderbird < 144.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1991950	Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-81/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-84/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

15 Oct 2025, 18:18

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::
References	~~() https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1991950 -~~	() https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1991950 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
References	~~() https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-81/ -~~	() https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-81/ - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-84/ -~~	() https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-84/ - Vendor Advisory
First Time		Mozilla thunderbird Microsoft Microsoft windows Mozilla Mozilla firefox

15 Oct 2025, 14:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 9.8
CWE		CWE-416

14 Oct 2025, 13:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-10-14 13:15

Updated : 2025-10-15 18:18

NVD link : CVE-2025-11719

Mitre link : CVE-2025-11719

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-11719

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows

mozilla

thunderbird
firefox

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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