CVE-2025-1016: Mozilla Firefox · Out-of-bounds Write
Affects Mozilla FirefoxSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 48% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 4 Feb 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Mozilla has released official fixes for these vulnerabilities in Firefox 135, Thunderbird 135, Firefox ESR 115.20, and Firefox ESR 128.7. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to mitigate the risk. Patch status is confirmed as fixed by the vendor advisories MFSA 2025-07 and MFSA 2025-08. No additional mitigation actions are required beyond applying these updates.
Description
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 134, Thunderbird 134, Firefox ESR 115.19, Firefox ESR 128.6, Thunderbird 115.19, and Thunderbird 128.6. 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 135, Firefox ESR 115.20, Firefox ESR 128.7, Thunderbird 128.7, and Thunderbird 135.
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1936601%2C1936844%2C1937694%2C1938469%2C1939583%2C1940994 (opens in a new tab)
- mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-07/ (opens in a new tab)
- mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-08/ (opens in a new tab)
- mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-09/ (opens in a new tab)
- mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-10/ (opens in a new tab)
- mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-11/ (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00006.html (opens in a new tab)