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CVE-2025-0242

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  • Published2025-01-07
  • Fixed in134.0 · 128.6.0
  • WeaknessCWE-787

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Description

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 133, Thunderbird 133, Firefox ESR 115.18, Firefox ESR 128.5, Thunderbird 115.18, and Thunderbird 128.5. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 134, Firefox ESR 128.6, Firefox ESR 115.19, Thunderbird 134, and Thunderbird 128.6.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-01-0716:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Mozilla firefox
BranchAffectedFixed in
134.0< 134.0134.0
128.6≥ 116.0, < 128.6.0128.6.0
115.19≤ 115.19.0no fix published
Mozilla thunderbird
BranchAffectedFixed in
134.0≥ 129.0, < 134.0134.0
128.6< 128.6.0128.6.0

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • firefoxAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 128.6.0-1.el9_5and 1 other package
  • firefoxAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 128.6.0-1.el8_10
  • thunderbirdAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 128.6.0-3.el9_5.alma.1
  • thunderbirdAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 128.6.0-3.el8_10.alma.1

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Mozilla firefox to 134.0 · 128.6.0

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Published
2025-01-07
Last Modified
2026-10-05
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-0242?

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 133, Thunderbird 133, Firefox ESR 115.18, Firefox ESR 128.5, Thunderbird 115.18, and Thunderbird 128.5. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 134, Firefox ESR 128.6, Firefox ESR 115.19, Thunderbird 134, and Thunderbird 128.6.

Is CVE-2025-0242 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-0242 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 14.7% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-0242?

CVE-2025-0242 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

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