Improper certificate validation in Mozilla products - CVE-2025-1014
Published: February 4, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103610
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1014
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to improper certificate validation when adding certificates to a store. Firefox did not check certificate length, resulting only in trusted data being checked. A remote attacker can trick the victim into importing a malicious certificate into the certificate store and perform MitM attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-1014
Install updates from vendor's website.