Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU113152

Protection Mechanism Failure in Firefox for Android - CVE-2025-8042

Published: July 22, 2025

Vulnerability identifier: #VU113152

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8042

CWE-ID: CWE-693

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Mozilla

Affected software:
Firefox for Android

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to the application allows a sandboxed iframe without the allow-downloads attribute to start downloads.

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