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Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

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Published: 05/21/2025 (05/21/2025, 06:39:19 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

Two security vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-4918 and CVE-2025-4919) affecting Mozilla Firefox in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 have been addressed. Both issues involve out-of-bounds access errors—one when resolving Promise objects and the other when optimizing linear sums. Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages to fix these vulnerabilities. The update is rated as Important by Red Hat Product Security. No confirmed exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.

Affected software

redhat/firefox
pkg:rpm/redhat/firefox
Affected versions
<8.10

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AILast updated: 06/27/2026, 22:35:14 UTC

Technical Analysis

Red Hat Product Security issued an advisory (RHSA-2025:8060) for Mozilla Firefox on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 addressing two out-of-bounds access vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-4918 occurs during Promise object resolution, and CVE-2025-4919 occurs during optimization of linear sums. These vulnerabilities are classified under CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write). Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages (version 128.10.1-1.el8_10) across multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64, including Extended Life Cycle versions 8.10. The advisory rates the security impact as Important and provides instructions for applying the update. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, and no known exploits have been reported.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation of these out-of-bounds access vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption, which may affect the stability or security of the Firefox browser. However, no known exploits in the wild have been reported. The vulnerabilities affect Firefox running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 across multiple hardware architectures.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users and administrators should apply the Firefox update version 128.10.1-1.el8_10 or later as provided by Red Hat for their respective architectures and Extended Life Cycle versions. Refer to Red Hat's official update instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed remediation steps. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor advisory.

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Csaf Category
csaf_security_advisory
Csaf Version
2.0
Publisher
Red Hat Product Security
Advisory Id
RHSA-2025:8060
Cve Count
2
Additional Cves
["CVE-2025-4919"]

Threat ID: 6a4049e627e9c79719834676

Added to database: 06/27/2026, 22:08:38 UTC

Last enriched: 06/27/2026, 22:35:14 UTC

Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:50 UTC

Views: 20

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