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CRITICAL
CVE-2025-1020
"Firefox-Vulnerable Memory Corruption allows Remote Code Execution"
Description

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 134 and Thunderbird 134. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 135 and Thunderbird < 135.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 6, 2025, 9:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-1020 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla thunderbird
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-1020.

URL Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1939063%2C1942169 Broken Link
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-07/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-11/ Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-1020 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • The Cyber Express
CERT-In Warns of High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a vulnerability note (CIVN-2025-0016) highlighting a series of Mozilla vulnerability, including Firefox and Thunderbird. These vulnerab ... Read more

Published Date: Feb 10, 2025 (1 week, 4 days ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-1020 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Feb. 06, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-787
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 06, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 135.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 131.0 up to (excluding) 135.0
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1939063%2C1942169 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1939063%2C1942169 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-07/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-07/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-11/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-11/ Vendor Advisory
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 04, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 134 and Thunderbird 134. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 135 and Thunderbird < 135.
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1939063%2C1942169
    Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-07/
    Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-11/
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-1020 weaknesses.

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