Use-after-free in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2025-12380
Published: October 29, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU117782
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-2025-12380
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 in WebGPU internals. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger a use-after-free error in the GPU or browser process using WebGPU-related IPC calls and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Firefox for Android
How to mitigate CVE-2025-12380
Install updates from vendor's website.
Mozilla Firefox - update to 144.0.2
Firefox for Android - update to 144.0.2
Firefox for Android - update to 144.0.2