Mozilla Firefox up to 144 Audio/Video use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 144. This affects an unknown part of the component Audio/Video. This manipulation causes use after free. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-13020. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 144. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Audio/Video. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free in the WebRTC: Audio/Video component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 145, Firefox ESR < 140.5, Thunderbird < 145, and Thunderbird < 140.5.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-13020 since 11/11/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/12/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 274796 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-13020), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 145 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (274796) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2566). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Debian Linux
  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • SUSE openSUSE
  • RESF Rocky Linux
  • IGEL OS
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • 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: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 274796
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-13020

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Firefox 145

Timelineinfo

11/11/2025 Advisory disclosed
11/11/2025 +0 days CVE reserved
11/11/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/12/2026 +213 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-13020 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-13020
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-331927
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2566 - Mozilla Firefox und Firefox ESR: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 11/11/2025 18:59
Updated: 06/12/2026 05:01
Changes: 11/11/2025 18:59 (56), 11/12/2025 10:12 (2), 11/12/2025 16:30 (7), 11/14/2025 08:38 (1), 11/17/2025 21:56 (1), 11/20/2025 05:59 (1), 11/21/2025 18:08 (1), 12/01/2025 10:38 (1), 01/07/2026 04:53 (1), 06/12/2026 05:01 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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