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Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

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High
Published: 11/12/2025 (11/12/2025, 02:35:07 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

A security update for Mozilla Firefox addresses multiple vulnerabilities including memory safety bugs, out-of-bounds read/write, use-after-free, cross-process information leaks, and improper handling of OBJECT tag attributes. These issues affect Firefox and Thunderbird components and have been fixed in Firefox ESR 140.4, Thunderbird ESR 140.4, Firefox 144, and Thunderbird 144. The update is rated as important by Red Hat Product Security and applies to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 variants.

Affected software

redhat/firefox
pkg:rpm/redhat/firefox
Affected versions
<9.2.1
redhat/thunderbird
pkg:rpm/redhat/thunderbird
Affected versions
<9.2.1

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AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 06/28/2026, 22:21:47 UTC

Technical Analysis

This Red Hat security advisory covers a set of vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, including a use-after-free in MediaTrackGraphImpl::GetInstance() (CVE-2025-11708), out-of-bounds read/write triggered by WebGL textures (CVE-2025-11709), cross-process information leaks via malicious IPC messages (CVE-2025-11710), modification of non-writable object properties (CVE-2025-11711), and an OBJECT tag type attribute overriding browser behavior without a content-type (CVE-2025-11712). Additional memory safety bugs are addressed in CVE-2025-11714 and CVE-2025-11715. These vulnerabilities are fixed in Firefox ESR 140.4, Thunderbird ESR 140.4, Firefox 144, and Thunderbird 144. The advisory applies to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related distributions. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at the time of publication.

Potential Impact

The vulnerabilities include memory safety issues such as use-after-free and out-of-bounds read/write, which can lead to potential crashes or arbitrary code execution. Cross-process information leaks may expose sensitive data between processes. Improper handling of OBJECT tag attributes and modifiable non-writable properties could affect browser behavior and security boundaries. These issues collectively pose a high security risk if exploited.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages (version 140.4.0-3.el9_2 and Firefox 144) that address these vulnerabilities. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 systems should apply the provided security updates promptly. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Since this is an official Red Hat advisory with fixes available, applying the vendor-provided patches is the recommended mitigation. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the 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-2025:21064
Cve Count
7
Additional Cves
["CVE-2025-11709","CVE-2025-11710","CVE-2025-11711","CVE-2025-11712","CVE-2025-11714","CVE-2025-11715"]

Threat ID: 6a419cac27e9c79719ab96ca

Added to database: 06/28/2026, 22:14:04 UTC

Last enriched: 06/28/2026, 22:21:47 UTC

Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC

Views: 25

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