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CVE-2025-6435 json

Save as in Devtools could download files without sanitizing the extension

published last yr. modified last mo. also EUVD-2025-19016

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

If a user saved a response from the Network tab in Devtools using the Save As context menu option, that file may not have been saved with the `.download` file extension. This could have led to the user inadvertently running a malicious executable. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 140 and Thunderbird 140.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 140
  • mozilla thunderbird 140
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:140.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6435

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

  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP6, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 +2 more 140.1.0-150200.8.230.1
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3 +12 more 140-150200.9.21.1
  • pipewire SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 0.3.6-150200.3.11.1
  • pipewire SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 0.3.24-150300.4.8.1
  • pipewire SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 0.3.49-150400.3.7.1
  • pipewire SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS +1 more 0.3.64-150500.3.7.2
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3 +12 more 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
  • xdg-desktop-portal SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 1.8.0-150200.5.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:02546-1SUSE-SU-2025:02529-1SUSE-SU-2025:02339-1

  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 140.1.0-1.1
  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 140.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 140.0.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15383-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15371-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15325-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2025-6435 updated cvss 3.4

firefox: Save as in Devtools could download files without sanitizing the extension

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 firefox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 firefox, firefox-x11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 firefox, firefox-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

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Thunderbird

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

Sources

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