Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird have been addressed in a Red Hat security update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support. The issues include memory safety bugs, incorrect URL stripping in Content Security Policy (CSP) reports, partial return value writes in the JavaScript engine, potential user-assisted code execution, and bypasses of CSP via XSLT documents and javascript: URLs. These vulnerabilities have been assigned CVE identifiers CVE-2025-8027 through CVE-2025-8035. Red Hat has released updated packages to fix these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This Red Hat security advisory (RHSA-2025:12044) addresses nine vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, including CVE-2025-8027, which involves the JavaScript engine writing only a partial return value to the stack, and others related to memory safety, CSP bypasses, and potential user-assisted code execution via the 'Copy as cURL' command. The advisory covers fixes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support across multiple architectures. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the issues are rated with an overall security impact of Important by Red Hat Product Security.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities include memory safety bugs that could lead to crashes or potentially exploitable conditions, incorrect handling of URLs in CSP reports that may weaken security policies, partial writes in the JavaScript engine that could cause unexpected behavior, and potential user-assisted code execution via browser features. These issues collectively could allow attackers to bypass security controls or execute code under certain conditions, impacting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems running the vulnerable Firefox or Thunderbird versions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the provided security update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:12044 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird have been addressed in a Red Hat security update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support. The issues include memory safety bugs, incorrect URL stripping in Content Security Policy (CSP) reports, partial return value writes in the JavaScript engine, potential user-assisted code execution, and bypasses of CSP via XSLT documents and javascript: URLs. These vulnerabilities have been assigned CVE identifiers CVE-2025-8027 through CVE-2025-8035. Red Hat has released updated packages to fix these issues.
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Technical Analysis
This Red Hat security advisory (RHSA-2025:12044) addresses nine vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, including CVE-2025-8027, which involves the JavaScript engine writing only a partial return value to the stack, and others related to memory safety, CSP bypasses, and potential user-assisted code execution via the 'Copy as cURL' command. The advisory covers fixes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support across multiple architectures. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the issues are rated with an overall security impact of Important by Red Hat Product Security.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities include memory safety bugs that could lead to crashes or potentially exploitable conditions, incorrect handling of URLs in CSP reports that may weaken security policies, partial writes in the JavaScript engine that could cause unexpected behavior, and potential user-assisted code execution via browser features. These issues collectively could allow attackers to bypass security controls or execute code under certain conditions, impacting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems running the vulnerable Firefox or Thunderbird versions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the provided security update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:12044 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:12044
- Cve Count
- 9
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-8028","CVE-2025-8029","CVE-2025-8030","CVE-2025-8031","CVE-2025-8032","CVE-2025-8033","CVE-2025-8034","CVE-2025-8035"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3cc29f4853345fc16d448f
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 05:54:39 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 06:01:13 UTC
Last updated: 06/25/2026, 07:00:48 UTC
Views: 3
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