Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird have been addressed in a Red Hat security update. These include memory safety bugs, out-of-bounds read/write, use-after-free, cross-process information leaks, and improper handling of object properties. The update fixes these issues in Firefox ESR 140.4, Thunderbird ESR 140.4, Firefox 144, and Thunderbird 144. The vulnerabilities have been rated with a high security impact by Red Hat. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This Red Hat security advisory addresses several vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, including CVE-2025-11708 (use-after-free in MediaTrackGraphImpl::GetInstance()), CVE-2025-11709 (out-of-bounds read/write triggered by WebGL textures), CVE-2025-11710 (cross-process information leak via malicious IPC messages), CVE-2025-11711 (modification of non-writable object properties), CVE-2025-11712 (an OBJECT tag type attribute overriding browser behavior without a content-type), CVE-2025-11714 and CVE-2025-11715 (memory safety bugs). These vulnerabilities affect the Firefox and Thunderbird products and have been fixed in Firefox ESR 140.4, Thunderbird ESR 140.4, Firefox 144, and Thunderbird 144. The advisory is classified as important by Red Hat and includes fixes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, and no known exploits have been reported.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities include memory safety issues such as use-after-free and out-of-bounds read/write, which could lead to crashes or potentially arbitrary code execution. Cross-process information leaks could expose sensitive data between processes. Improper handling of object properties and browser behavior could allow modification of normally protected properties or unexpected behavior when processing web resources. These issues collectively pose a high security risk to affected systems running vulnerable versions of Firefox or Thunderbird.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages fixing these vulnerabilities in Firefox ESR 140.4, Thunderbird ESR 140.4, Firefox 144, and Thunderbird 144 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants. Users and administrators should apply these official updates promptly to remediate the issues. For detailed update instructions, refer to the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. There are no indications that additional mitigations are required beyond applying the official patches.
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. These include memory safety bugs, out-of-bounds read/write, use-after-free, cross-process information leaks, and improper handling of object properties. The update fixes these issues in Firefox ESR 140.4, Thunderbird ESR 140.4, Firefox 144, and Thunderbird 144. The vulnerabilities have been rated with a high security impact by Red Hat. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This Red Hat security advisory addresses several vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, including CVE-2025-11708 (use-after-free in MediaTrackGraphImpl::GetInstance()), CVE-2025-11709 (out-of-bounds read/write triggered by WebGL textures), CVE-2025-11710 (cross-process information leak via malicious IPC messages), CVE-2025-11711 (modification of non-writable object properties), CVE-2025-11712 (an OBJECT tag type attribute overriding browser behavior without a content-type), CVE-2025-11714 and CVE-2025-11715 (memory safety bugs). These vulnerabilities affect the Firefox and Thunderbird products and have been fixed in Firefox ESR 140.4, Thunderbird ESR 140.4, Firefox 144, and Thunderbird 144. The advisory is classified as important by Red Hat and includes fixes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, and no known exploits have been reported.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities include memory safety issues such as use-after-free and out-of-bounds read/write, which could lead to crashes or potentially arbitrary code execution. Cross-process information leaks could expose sensitive data between processes. Improper handling of object properties and browser behavior could allow modification of normally protected properties or unexpected behavior when processing web resources. These issues collectively pose a high security risk to affected systems running vulnerable versions of Firefox or Thunderbird.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages fixing these vulnerabilities in Firefox ESR 140.4, Thunderbird ESR 140.4, Firefox 144, and Thunderbird 144 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants. Users and administrators should apply these official updates promptly to remediate the issues. For detailed update instructions, refer to the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. There are no indications that additional mitigations are required beyond applying the official patches.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:21057
- 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: 6a419cad27e9c79719ab9dc3
Added to database: 06/28/2026, 22:14:05 UTC
Last enriched: 06/28/2026, 22:22:16 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 25
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