Protection Mechanism Failure in Firefox for Android - CVE-2025-8042
Published: July 22, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113152
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8042
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Firefox for Android
How to mitigate CVE-2025-8042
Install updates from vendor's website.
Firefox for Android - update to 141.0