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Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

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High
Published: 07/29/2025 (07/29/2025, 08:15:29 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. Security Fix(es): * firefox: thunderbird: Large branch table could lead to truncated instruction (CVE-2025-8028) * firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-8035) * firefox: thunderbird: Incorrect URL stripping in CSP reports (CVE-2025-8031) * firefox: thunderbird: JavaScript engine only wrote partial return value to stack (CVE-2025-8027) * firefox: thunderbird: Potential user-assisted code execution in ?Copy as cURL? command (CVE-2025-8030) * firefox: Memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-8034) * firefox: thunderbird: Incorrect JavaScript state machine for generators (CVE-2025-8033) * firefox: thunderbird: XSLT documents could bypass CSP (CVE-2025-8032) * firefox: thunderbird: javascript: URLs executed on object and embed tags (CVE-2025-8029) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected software

Affected versions
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)srcfirefox-0:128.13.0-1.el9_4.src

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AILast updated: 06/25/2026, 06:01:13 UTC

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.

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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-2025:12044
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"]

Threat ID: 6a3cc29f4853345fc16d448f

Added to database: 06/25/2026, 05:54:39 UTC

Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 06:01:13 UTC

Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:52 UTC

Views: 62

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