Vulnerability · CVE-2025-5269
Memory safety bug present in Firefox ESR 128.10, and Thunderbird 128.10.
Published May 27, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 13, 2026 · mozilla
- Severity
- High8.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.5%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor mozilla
Memory safety bug present in Firefox ESR 128.10, and Thunderbird 128.10. This bug showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort this could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 128.11 and Thunderbird 128.11.
Technical analysis
Mechanism and impact are interpreted from ingested advisories — not independent exploit research.
CWE classification
No CWE identifiers stored yet.
Prerequisites and impact
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How to fix CVE-2025-5269
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three reads of the same public record: the decision, the versions on file, and the signals. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch. This page does not publish exploit steps.
Executive
This is a public record, not a confirmed incident. CVE-2025-5269 is a high issue in mozilla (CVSS 8.1). CISA does not currently list it as known exploited. Next step: Compare installed versions with the linked vendor advisory before changing production.
System administrator
Check whether mozilla is installed. Ranges on record: mozilla. Compare installed versions with the linked vendor advisory before changing production.
Security analyst
CVSS 8.1. EPSS 0.5%. CISA does not currently list it as known exploited. Weaknesses: not classified. Sources: epss, euvd. Exploit links, when listed below, point at the original publisher.
Related intelligence
Exploitation evidence
Not listed as known exploited in CISA KEV. Not in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV.
Safe detection guidance
Compare installed versions with the affected ranges below and verify the advisory from the original publisher. This site stores metadata and outbound links only; it does not ship exploit code or proof-of-concept payloads.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 27, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Memory safety bug present in Firefox ESR 128.10, and Thunderbird 128.10. This bug showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort this could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 128.11 and Thunderbird 128.11.
Apr 13, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
Memory safety bug present in Firefox ESR 128.10, and Thunderbird 128.10. This bug showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort this could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 128.11 and Thunderbird 128.11.
Affected versions
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- vendor mozillaversion unspecified
Sources
- FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-5269
30-day exploitation probability 0.5%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-18098
Memory safety bug present in Firefox ESR 128.10, and Thunderbird 128.10. This bug showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort this could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 128.11 and Thunderbird 1
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.