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CVE-2025-9184: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

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VulnerabilityCVE-2025-9184cvecve-2025-9184
Published: Tue Aug 19 2025 (08/19/2025, 20:33:58 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Mozilla
Product: Firefox

Description

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.1, Thunderbird ESR 140.1, Firefox 141 and Thunderbird 141. 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 142, Firefox ESR 140.2, Thunderbird 142, and Thunderbird 140.2.

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AILast updated: 04/14/2026, 11:56:26 UTC

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability involves multiple memory safety bugs in Firefox and Thunderbird versions prior to Firefox 142 and ESR 140.2. The bugs include memory corruption issues that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with no privileges or user interaction required. The CVSS vector indicates network attack vector, high attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Mozilla has released official patches in Firefox 142, Firefox ESR 140.2, Thunderbird 142, and Thunderbird ESR 140.2 to remediate these issues. The vendor advisory details these fixes and confirms the high impact of the vulnerabilities.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation of these memory safety bugs could lead to arbitrary code execution, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected systems. The vulnerabilities affect multiple Mozilla products including Firefox and Thunderbird in specific versions. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of publication, but the potential impact is high given the nature of memory corruption vulnerabilities.

Mitigation Recommendations

Official patches addressing these vulnerabilities have been released by Mozilla in Firefox 142, Firefox ESR 140.2, Thunderbird 142, and Thunderbird ESR 140.2. Users and administrators should apply these updates promptly to mitigate the risk. Since the vulnerabilities are fixed in these versions, no additional mitigation steps are required beyond updating to the fixed versions.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
mozilla
Date Reserved
2025-08-19T15:56:07.296Z
Cvss Version
null
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 68a4e2f4ad5a09ad00faecb0

Added to database: 8/19/2025, 8:47:48 PM

Last enriched: 4/14/2026, 11:56:26 AM

Last updated: 5/10/2026, 1:52:42 AM

Views: 138

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