Out-of-Bounds Read in Mozilla Firefox (CVE-2025-4082)
Summary
Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox (CVE-2025-4082). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Modification of specific WebGL shader attributes could trigger an out-of-bounds read, which, when chained with other vulnerabilities, could be used to escalate privileges.
This bug only affects Thunderbird for macOS. Other versions of Thunderbird are unaffected.. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 138, Firefox ESR 128.10, Firefox ESR 115.23, Thunderbird 138, and Thunderbird 128.10.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-4082 has been found in Mozilla Firefox.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 5.9/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Mozilla Firefox CVE-2025-4082" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-4082 (Mozilla Firefox) — CWE-125 / CVSS v3 5.9
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) exists in Mozilla Firefox.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Mozilla Firefox.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.9/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Firefox' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Firefox' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Firefoxを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- patch security@mozilla.org
- patch security@mozilla.org
- patch security@mozilla.org
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- web security@mozilla.org
- web lists.debian.org