CVE-2025-8040

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.0, Thunderbird ESR 140.0, Firefox 140 and Thunderbird 140. 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 affects Firefox < 141, Firefox ESR < 140.1, Thunderbird < 141, and Thunderbird < 140.1.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1975058%2C1975998
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-56/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-59/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-61/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-63/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::esr:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:::::esr:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:::::-:::*

History

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Information

Published : 2025-07-22 21:15

Updated : 2025-07-30 17:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-8040

Mitre link : CVE-2025-8040

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-8040

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox
thunderbird

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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