CVE-2025-1936
Mozilla Firefox ZIP Archive File Inclusion Vulnerability
Description
jar: URLs retrieve local file content packaged in a ZIP archive. The null and everything after it was ignored when retrieving the content from the archive, but the fake extension after the null was used to determine the type of content. This could have been used to hide code in a web extension disguised as something else like an image. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 136, Firefox ESR < 128.8, Thunderbird < 136, and Thunderbird < 128.8.
INFO
Published Date :
March 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
March 26, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.4
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Mar. 26, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE CWE-158 -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Mar. 25, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 05, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description jar: URLs retrieve local file content packaged in a ZIP archive. The null and everything after it was ignored when retrieving the content from the archive, but the fake extension after the null was used to determine the type of content. This could have been used to hide code in a web extension disguised as something else like an image. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 136 and Firefox ESR < 128.8. jar: URLs retrieve local file content packaged in a ZIP archive. The null and everything after it was ignored when retrieving the content from the archive, but the fake extension after the null was used to determine the type of content. This could have been used to hide code in a web extension disguised as something else like an image. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 136, Firefox ESR < 128.8, Thunderbird < 136, and Thunderbird < 128.8. Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-17/ Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-18/ -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Mar. 04, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description jar: URLs retrieve local file content packaged in a ZIP archive. The null and everything after it was ignored when retrieving the content from the archive, but the fake extension after the null was used to determine the type of content. This could have been used to hide code in a web extension disguised as something else like an image. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 136 and Firefox ESR < 128.8. Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1940027 Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-14/ Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-16/
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