ubuntu-cve-2025-9179
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-08-19 21:15
Modified
2026-07-22 05:50
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"aliases": [],
"details": "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 \u003c 142, Firefox ESR \u003c 115.27, Firefox ESR \u003c 128.14, Firefox ESR \u003c 140.2, Thunderbird \u003c 142, Thunderbird \u003c 128.14, and Thunderbird \u003c 140.2.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-9179",
"modified": "2026-07-22T05:50:22Z",
"published": "2025-08-19T21:15:00Z",
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