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CVE-2025-5265 json

Potential local code execution in “Copy as cURL” command

published last yr. modified last mo. also EUVD-2025-16339

cvss
4.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Due to insufficient escaping of the ampersand character 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 bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 139, Firefox ESR 115.24, Firefox ESR 128.11, Thunderbird 139, and Thunderbird 128.11.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 115.24, 128.11, 139
  • mozilla firefox_esr 115.24, 128.11, 139
  • mozilla thunderbird 128.11, 139
  • mozilla thunderbird_esr 128.11, 139
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:128.12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5265

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • mozjs128 SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 128.14.0-160000.1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP6, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 +2 more 128.11.0-150200.8.221.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3 +12 more 128.11.0-150200.152.185.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 128.11.0-112.262.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:21170-1SUSE-SU-2025:01946-1SUSE-SU-2025:01814-1SUSE-SU-2025:01769-1

  • mozjs128 openSUSE Leap 16.0 128.14.0-160000.1.1
  • mozjs128 openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.12.0-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 139.0.1-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.11.0-1.1
  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.11.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:20135-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15315-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15196-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15174-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15170-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2025-5265 updated cvss 6.1

firefox: thunderbird: Potential local code execution in “Copy as cURL” command

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 firefox, firefox-x11, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 firefox, thunderbird, firefox-flatpak, thunderbird-flatpak
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Thunderbird

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

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