Description
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.
Affected products
mozilla: firefox; mozilla: thunderbird
References6
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-28/ Vendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-29/ Vendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-31/ Vendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-32/ Vendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1952465 Permissions Required
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00024.html
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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4.8
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 25 · as of 7 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-125
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