high 8.1

CVE-2025-5268 json

Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 139, Thunderbird 139, Firefox ESR 128.11, and Thunderbird 128.11

published 2025-05-27 17 mo ago modified 2026-10-05 34 d ago also EUVD-2025-16340

cvss: 8.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits: 0; none known

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 138, Thunderbird 138, Firefox ESR 128.10, and Thunderbird 128.10. 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 139, Firefox ESR 128.11, Thunderbird 139, and Thunderbird 128.11.

Patch / fix

fixed in 3 distros 7

mozilla firefox 128.11, 139
mozilla firefox_esr 128.11, 139
mozilla thunderbird 128.11, 139

debian ubuntu red hat suse opensuse almalinux rocky linux

firefox-esr Debian 12 128.11.0esr-1~deb12u1
firefox-esr Debian 14, Debian 13 128.11.0esr-1
thunderbird Debian 12 1:128.11.0esr-1~deb12u1
thunderbird Debian 14, Debian 13 1:128.11.0esr-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5268

thunderbird Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:128.12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5268

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thunderbird RHEL 8 128.11.0-1.el8_10
thunderbird RHEL 9 128.11.0-1.el9_6
thunderbird RHEL 10.0 128.11.0-1.el10_0
firefox RHEL 10.0 128.11.0-1.el10_0
firefox RHEL 8 128.11.0-1.el8_10
firefox RHEL 9 128.11.0-1.el9_6
firefox-x11 RHEL 9 128.11.0-1.el9_6
firefox RHEL 8.6 TUS, RHEL 8.6 E4S, RHEL 8.6 AUS 128.11.0-1.el8_6

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:9155 RHSA-2025:9077 RHSA-2025:9076 RHSA-2025:9074 RHSA-2025:9075 RHSA-2025:9073

mozjs128 SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 128.14.0-160000.1.1
MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP6, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 +2 more 128.11.0-150200.8.221.1
MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3 +12 more 128.11.0-150200.152.185.1
MozillaFirefox SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 128.11.0-112.262.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:21170-1 SUSE-SU-2025:01946-1 SUSE-SU-2025:01814-1 SUSE-SU-2025:01769-1

mozjs128 openSUSE Leap 16.0 128.14.0-160000.1.1
mozjs128 openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.12.0-1.1
MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 139.0.1-1.1
MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.11.0-1.1
firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.11.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:20135-1 openSUSE-SU-2025:15315-1 openSUSE-SU-2025:15196-1 openSUSE-SU-2025:15174-1 openSUSE-SU-2025:15170-1

thunderbird AlmaLinux 8 128.11.0-1.el8_10.alma.1
thunderbird AlmaLinux 9 128.11.0-1.el9_6.alma.1
thunderbird AlmaLinux 10 128.11.0-1.el10_0.alma.1
firefox AlmaLinux 10 128.11.0-1.el10_0
firefox AlmaLinux 9 128.11.0-1.el9_6.alma.1
firefox-x11 AlmaLinux 9 128.11.0-1.el9_6.alma.1
firefox AlmaLinux 8 128.11.0-1.el8_10.alma.1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2025:8756 ALSA-2025:8607 ALSA-2025:8608 ALSA-2025:8341 ALSA-2025:8293 ALSA-2025:8308

firefox Rocky Linux 9 128.11.0-1.el9_6
thunderbird Rocky Linux 9 128.11.0-1.el9_6
firefox Rocky Linux 10 128.11.0-1.el10_0
thunderbird Rocky Linux 10 128.11.0-1.el10_0
firefox Rocky Linux 8 128.11.0-1.el8_10
thunderbird Rocky Linux 8 128.11.0-1.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2025:8293 RLSA-2025:8607 RLSA-2025:8341 RLSA-2025:8608 RLSA-2025:8308 RLSA-2025:8756

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-5268 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 6.1

firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 thunderbird
affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 firefox-flatpak, thunderbird-flatpak
affected: no fix available
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox 128.11.0-1.el8_10, thunderbird 128.11.0-1.el8_10
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:8308
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox 128.11.0-1.el9_6, firefox-x11 128.11.0-1.el9_6, thunderbird 128.11.0-1.el9_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:8293
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) firefox 128.11.0-1.el10_0, thunderbird 128.11.0-1.el10_0
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:8341
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) firefox 128.11.0-1.el8_2, thunderbird 128.11.0-1.el8_2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:9075
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) firefox 128.11.0-1.el8_4, thunderbird 128.11.0-1.el8_4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:9076
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) firefox 128.11.0-1.el8_6, thunderbird 128.11.0-1.el8_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) firefox 128.11.0-1.el8_6, thunderbird 128.11.0-1.el8_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:9155

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) firefox 128.11.0-1.el8_8, thunderbird 128.11.0-1.el8_8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:9077
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) firefox 128.11.0-1.el9_0, thunderbird 128.11.0-1.el9_0
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:9073
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) firefox 128.11.0-1.el9_2, firefox-x11 128.11.0-1.el9_2, thunderbird 128.11.0-1.el9_2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:9071
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) firefox 128.11.0-1.el9_4, firefox-x11 128.11.0-1.el9_4, thunderbird 128.11.0-1.el9_4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:9072
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) firefox 128.11.0-1.el8_6, thunderbird 128.11.0-1.el8_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:9155
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) thunderbird 128.11.0-1.el8_8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:8628
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) firefox 128.11.0-1.el7_9
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:9074

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 17 mo ago (2025-05-28)

Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2025-42/
vendor-advisory
mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2025-44/
vendor-advisory
mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2025-45/
vendor-advisory
mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2025-46/
vendor-advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org /buglist.cgi?bug_id=1950136%2C1958121%2C1960499%2C1962634
broken-link
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00046.html
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00043.html

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-5268
NVD CVE-2025-5268

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Summary