CVE-2025-4089
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird Command Injection Vulnerability
Description
Due to insufficient escaping of special characters in the "copy as cURL" feature, an attacker could trick a user into using this command, potentially leading to local code execution on the user's system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 138 and Thunderbird < 138.
INFO
Published Date :
April 29, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 29, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
2.5
Exploitability Score :
2.5
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Apr. 29, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Added CWE CWE-77 -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Apr. 29, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Due to insufficient escaping of special characters in the "copy as cURL" feature, an attacker could trick a user into using this command, potentially leading to local code execution on the user's system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 138 and Thunderbird < 138. Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1949994%2C1956698%2C1960198 Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-28/ Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-31/
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