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CVE-2025-5269: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

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VulnerabilityCVE-2025-5269cvecve-2025-5269
Published: Tue May 27 2025 (05/27/2025, 12:29:27 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Mozilla
Product: Firefox

Description

Memory safety bug present in Firefox ESR 128.10, and Thunderbird 128.10. This bug showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort this could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 128.11 and Thunderbird 128.11.

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AILast updated: 04/14/2026, 11:50:14 UTC

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability is a memory safety bug classified under CWE-787, present in Firefox ESR 128.10 and Thunderbird 128.10. It involves memory corruption that, with sufficient effort, could allow arbitrary code execution. Mozilla addressed this issue by releasing Firefox ESR 128.11 and Thunderbird 128.11, which contain the fix. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 8.1 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), reflecting a high-severity remote vulnerability requiring high attack complexity and no privileges or user interaction. The vendor advisory explicitly states the fix and provides references to the patched versions.

Potential Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely without requiring user interaction or privileges. The impact includes full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise of the affected applications. However, no known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.

Mitigation Recommendations

An official fix is available and has been released by Mozilla in Firefox ESR 128.11 and Thunderbird 128.11. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate this vulnerability. No additional mitigation actions are required beyond applying the official update.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
mozilla
Date Reserved
2025-05-27T12:29:27.413Z
Cvss Version
null
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 6835b383182aa0cae2110afd

Added to database: 5/27/2025, 12:43:47 PM

Last enriched: 4/14/2026, 11:50:14 AM

Last updated: 5/9/2026, 8:46:24 PM

Views: 81

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