CVE-2025-9181 (GCVE-0-2025-9181)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-19 20:33 – Updated: 2026-04-13 14:25
VLAI
Title
Uninitialized memory in the JavaScript Engine component
Summary
Uninitialized memory in the JavaScript Engine component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 142, Firefox ESR 128.14, Firefox ESR 140.2, Thunderbird 142, Thunderbird 128.14, and Thunderbird 140.2.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-457 - Use of Uninitialized Variable
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Unaffected: 128.14 , ≤ 128.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 140.2 , ≤ 140.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 142 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Unaffected: 128.14 , ≤ 128.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 140.2 , ≤ 140.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 142 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
Irvan Kurniawan
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