CVE-2025-5268
Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 139, Thunderbird 139, Firefox ESR 128.11, and Thunderbird 128.11
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.1 High
- Published
- May 27, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 13, 2026
- Reserved
- May 27, 2025
Description
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 was fixed in Firefox 139, Firefox ESR 128.11, Thunderbird 139, and Thunderbird 128.11.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
FirefoxMozilla |
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ThunderbirdMozilla |
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References
- Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 139, Thunderbird 139, Firefox ESR 128.11, and Thunderbird 128.11
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-42/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-44/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-45/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-46/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00046.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00043.html
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