CVE-2025-4087 (GCVE-0-2025-4087)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-29 13:13 – Updated: 2026-04-13 14:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Unsafe attribute access during XPath parsing
Summary
A vulnerability was identified in Thunderbird where XPath parsing could trigger undefined behavior due to missing null checks during attribute access. This could lead to out-of-bounds read access and potentially, memory corruption. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 138, Firefox ESR 128.10, Thunderbird 138, and Thunderbird 128.10.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-29 15:51 UTC
CWE
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
Assigner
References
6 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox |
Unaffected:
128.10 , ≤ 128.*
(rpm)
Unaffected: 138 , ≤ * (rpm) |
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Unaffected:
128.10 , ≤ 128.*
(rpm)
Unaffected: 138 , ≤ * (rpm) |
guessed |
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