CVE-2025-5268

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Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 138, Thunderbird 138, Firefox ESR 128.10, and Thunderbird 128.10. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 139, Firefox ESR < 128.11, Thunderbird < 139, and Thunderbird < 128.11.

8.1 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1950136%2C1958121%2C1960499%2C1962634 Broken Link
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-42/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-44/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-45/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-46/ Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

23 Sep 2025, 15:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-77 CWE-119
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.5 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.1

11 Jun 2025, 14:51

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-45/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-45/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-46/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-46/ - Vendor Advisory

11 Jun 2025, 12:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-45/ -
  • () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-46/ -
Summary (en) Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 138, Thunderbird 138, Firefox ESR 128.10, and Thunderbird 128.10. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 139 and Firefox ESR < 128.11. (en) Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 138, Thunderbird 138, Firefox ESR 128.10, and Thunderbird 128.10. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 139, Firefox ESR < 128.11, Thunderbird < 139, and Thunderbird < 128.11.

30 May 2025, 01:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Mozilla thunderbird
Mozilla firefox
Mozilla
References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1950136%2C1958121%2C1960499%2C1962634 - () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1950136%2C1958121%2C1960499%2C1962634 - Broken Link
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-42/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-42/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-44/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-44/ - Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*

28 May 2025, 15:01

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary
  • (es) Errores de seguridad de memoria presentes en Firefox 138, Thunderbird 138, Firefox ESR 128.10 y Thunderbird 128.10. Algunos de estos errores mostraron evidencia de corrupción de memoria y presumimos que, con suficiente esfuerzo, algunos de ellos podrían haberse explotado para ejecutar código arbitrario. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox &lt; 139 y Firefox ESR &lt; 128.11.

27 May 2025, 18:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-77
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.5

27 May 2025, 13:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2025-05-27 13:15

Updated : 2025-09-23 15:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-5268

Mitre link : CVE-2025-5268

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-5268

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Products Affected

mozilla

  • thunderbird
  • firefox
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer