Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.0, Thunderbird ESR 140.0, Firefox 140 and Thunderbird 140. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 141, Firefox ESR < 140.1, Thunderbird < 141, and Thunderbird < 140.1.
History

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.1, Thunderbird ESR 140.1, Firefox 141 and Thunderbird 141
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Mozilla firefox Esr
Mozilla thunderbird
Mozilla thunderbird Esr
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Mozilla firefox Esr
Mozilla thunderbird
Mozilla thunderbird Esr

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-119
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 22 Jul 2025 21:00:00 +0000

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Description Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.0, Thunderbird ESR 140.0, Firefox 140 and Thunderbird 140. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 141, Firefox ESR < 140.1, Thunderbird < 141, and Thunderbird < 140.1.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2025-07-22T20:49:28.310Z

Updated: 2025-07-24T03:55:31.276Z

Reserved: 2025-07-22T10:14:10.587Z

Link: CVE-2025-8040

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-23T15:08:56.301Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-07-22T21:15:51.163

Modified: 2025-07-28T14:00:29.940

Link: CVE-2025-8040

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-07-22T20:49:28Z

Links: CVE-2025-8040 - Bugzilla