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Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

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Published: 07/29/2025 (07/29/2025, 08:09:24 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 E4S (v.9.2)srcfirefox-0:128.13.0-1.el9_2.src

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AILast updated: 06/25/2026, 06:01:19 UTC

Technical Analysis

This Red Hat security advisory addresses nine vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, including CVE-2025-8027, which involves the JavaScript engine writing only partial return values to the stack, and other issues such as large branch table truncation (CVE-2025-8028), memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-8034, CVE-2025-8035), incorrect URL stripping in CSP reports (CVE-2025-8031), potential user-assisted code execution via the 'Copy as cURL' command (CVE-2025-8030), incorrect JavaScript state machine for generators (CVE-2025-8033), XSLT documents bypassing CSP (CVE-2025-8032), and execution of javascript: URLs on object and embed tags (CVE-2025-8029). The advisory covers updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 across multiple architectures and product variants. Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages to remediate these vulnerabilities.

Potential Impact

The vulnerabilities collectively impact the security of Firefox and Thunderbird by enabling potential memory safety issues, incorrect enforcement of security policies (CSP), partial execution of JavaScript return values, and possible user-assisted code execution. These flaws could lead to security breaches such as code execution or bypassing security restrictions if exploited. Red Hat rates the security impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this advisory.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 that address these vulnerabilities. Users and administrators should apply the provided security update promptly to remediate the issues. Detailed update instructions are available in the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are specified 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-2025:12045
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: 6a3cc29f4853345fc16d4481

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

Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 06:01:19 UTC

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

Views: 47

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