Use-after-free in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2025-0238

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Use-after-free in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2025-0238

Published: January 7, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU102422
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-0238
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when breaking lines in text. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted webpage and execute arbitrary code on the system.



Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
SeaMonkey
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Anolis OS
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Slackware Linux
Desktop Applications Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
seamonkey
www-client/firefox
mozilla-firefox
mozilla-thunderbird
firefox-esr (Debian package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
firefox-debuginfo
firefox
firefox-debugsource
firefox (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
dev-lang/spidermonkey
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
thunderbird-wayland
thunderbird-librnp-rnp
thunderbird-debuginfo
thunderbird-debugsource
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Mozilla Thunderbird
Firefox for Android
Firefox Focus for Android

How to mitigate CVE-2025-0238

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 134.0
Firefox ESR - addressed in versions 115.19.0, 128.6.0
SeaMonkey - update to 2.53.20
Mozilla Thunderbird - addressed in versions 128.6.0, 134.0
Firefox for Android - update to 134.0
Firefox Focus for Android - update to 134.0
seamonkey - update to 2.53.20
seamonkey - addressed in versions 2.53.20-1.el8, 2.53.20-1.fc40, 2.53.20-1.fc41
www-client/firefox - update to 104
mozilla-firefox - update to 128.6.0esr
mozilla-thunderbird - update to 128.6.0esr
firefox-esr (Debian package) - update to 128.6.0esr-1~deb12u1
thunderbird (Debian package) - update to 1:128.6.0esr-1~deb12u1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.6.0-1
firefox - update to 128.6.0-1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.6.0-1
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 128.6.0-1.el7_9, 128.6.0-1.el8_2, 128.6.0-1.el8_4, 128.6.0-1.el8_6, 128.6.0-1.el8_8, 128.6.0-1.el8_10, 128.6.0-1.el9_0, 128.6.0-1.el9_2, 128.6.0-1.el9_4, 128.6.0-1.el9_5
thunderbird - addressed in versions 128.6.0-1.fc40, 128.6.0-1.fc41
firefox - addressed in versions 128.6.0-1.0.1, 128.6.0-1.0.2
thunderbird - update to 128.6.0-3.0.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 128.6.0-112.243.1, 128.6.0-150200.152.167.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 128.6.0-112.243.1, 128.6.0-150200.152.167.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 128.6.0-112.243.1, 128.6.0-150200.152.167.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 128.6.0-112.243.1, 128.6.0-150200.152.167.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 128.6.0-112.243.1, 128.6.0-150200.152.167.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 128.6.0-150200.8.197.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 128.6.0-150200.8.197.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 128.6.0-150200.8.197.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 128.6.0-150200.8.197.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 128.6.0-150200.8.197.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - update to 128.6.0-150200.152.167.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 128.6.0-150200.152.167.1
dev-lang/spidermonkey - update to 128.9.0
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 128.9.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 128.9.0
thunderbird-wayland - update to 128.11.1-1
thunderbird-librnp-rnp - update to 128.11.1-1
thunderbird - update to 128.11.1-1
thunderbird-debuginfo - update to 128.11.1-1
thunderbird-debugsource - update to 128.11.1-1
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - update to 1:128.12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
firefox (Ubuntu package) - update to 134.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
firefox - addressed in versions 134.0-1.fc40, 134.0-1.fc41

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