CVE-2025-9179

An attacker was able to perform memory corruption in the GMP process which processes encrypted media. This process is also heavily sandboxed, but represents slightly different privileges from the content process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 142, Firefox ESR < 115.27, Firefox ESR < 128.14, Firefox ESR < 140.2, Thunderbird < 142, Thunderbird < 128.14, and Thunderbird < 140.2.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

21 Aug 2025, 18:37

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References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1979527 - () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1979527 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-64/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-64/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-65/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-65/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-66/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-66/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-67/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-67/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-70/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-70/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-71/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-71/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-72/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-72/ - Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
First Time Mozilla thunderbird
Mozilla
Mozilla firefox

20 Aug 2025, 16:15

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CWE CWE-119
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8

20 Aug 2025, 14:39

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Summary
  • (es) Un atacante logró corromper la memoria en el proceso GMP, que procesa medios cifrados. Este proceso también está fuertemente protegido, pero sus privilegios son ligeramente diferentes a los del proceso de contenido. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox &lt; 142, Firefox ESR &lt; 115.27, Firefox ESR &lt; 128.14, Firefox ESR &lt; 140.2, Thunderbird &lt; 142, Thunderbird &lt; 128.14 y Thunderbird &lt; 140.2.

19 Aug 2025, 21:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-08-19 21:15

Updated : 2025-08-21 18:37


NVD link : CVE-2025-9179

Mitre link : CVE-2025-9179

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-9179


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox
  • thunderbird
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer