Mozilla Firefox up to 140 on 64-bit IonMonkey-JIT return value

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 140 on 64-bit. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component IonMonkey-JIT. Such manipulation leads to return value. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-8027. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 140 on 64-bit and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component IonMonkey-JIT. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a return value vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-252. The product does not check the return value from a method or function, which can prevent it from detecting unexpected states and conditions. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

On 64-bit platforms IonMonkey-JIT only wrote 32 bits of the 64-bit return value space on the stack. Baseline-JIT, however, read the entire 64 bits. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 141, Firefox ESR < 115.26, Firefox ESR < 128.13, Firefox ESR < 140.1, Thunderbird < 141, Thunderbird < 128.13, and Thunderbird < 140.1.

The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-8027 since 07/22/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/08/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 242581 (Mozilla Thunderbird < 128.13), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 141 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (242581) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1623). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • Debian Linux
  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Fedora Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • SUSE openSUSE
  • IGEL OS
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Thunderbird

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Return value
CWE: CWE-252 / CWE-253
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 242581
Nessus Name: Mozilla Thunderbird < 128.13

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Firefox 141

Timelineinfo

07/22/2025 CVE reserved
07/23/2025 +1 days Advisory disclosed
07/23/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/08/2025 +16 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-8027 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-8027
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-317354
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1623 - Mozilla Firefox , Firefox ESR und Thunderbird: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2025 08:32
Updated: 08/08/2025 18:44
Changes: 07/23/2025 08:32 (56), 07/23/2025 14:58 (2), 07/23/2025 17:06 (1), 07/27/2025 07:43 (7), 07/31/2025 21:47 (1), 08/08/2025 18:44 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:161:103

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