CVE-2025-11721 (GCVE-0-2025-11721)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-14 12:27 – Updated: 2025-10-30 16:14
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Summary
Memory safety bug present in Firefox 143 and Thunderbird 143. This bug showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort this could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144 and Thunderbird < 144.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 144 (custom)
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