Memory corruption when using JavaScript Text Segmentation
Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-401Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 14 fixed, 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-401.
Summary
When segmenting specially crafted text, segmentation would corrupt memory leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 134, Firefox ESR 128.6, Thunderbird 134, and Thunderbird 128.6.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00734 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Firefox (Mozilla): 128.6, 134Thunderbird (Mozilla): 128.6, 134Red Hat: 19 advisoriesRed Hat: 14 fixed, 4 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | — | 128.6, 134 | Patch available | CNA |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | — | 128.6, 134 | Patch available | CNA |
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 128.6, 134
- Fix · CNA Thunderbird (Mozilla) Fixed in 128.6, 134
Red Hat 19 advisories
- RHSA-2025:0286 Released 2025-01-13 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) thunderbird-128.6.0-3.el8_2
- RHSA-2025:0287 Released 2025-01-13 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) thunderbird-128.6.0-3.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) thunderbird-128.6.0-3.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) thunderbird-128.6.0-3.el8_4
- RHSA-2025:0284 Released 2025-01-13 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) thunderbird-128.6.0-3.el8_8
Show 16 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2025:0281 Released 2025-01-13 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) thunderbird-128.6.0-3.el8_10
- RHSA-2025:0275 Released 2025-01-13 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) thunderbird-128.6.0-3.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) thunderbird-128.6.0-3.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) thunderbird-128.6.0-3.el8_6
- RHSA-2025:0167 Released 2025-01-09 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) thunderbird-128.6.0-3.el9_2
- RHSA-2025:0166 Released 2025-01-09 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) thunderbird-128.6.0-3.el9_4
- RHSA-2025:0165 Released 2025-01-09 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) thunderbird-128.6.0-3.el9_0
- RHSA-2025:0162 Released 2025-01-09 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) firefox-128.6.0-1.el9_0
- RHSA-2025:0144 Released 2025-01-09 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox-128.6.0-1.el8_10
- RHSA-2025:0147 Released 2025-01-09 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) thunderbird-128.6.0-3.el9_5
- RHSA-2025:0137 Released 2025-01-09 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) firefox-128.6.0-1.el8_8
- RHSA-2025:0138 Released 2025-01-09 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) firefox-128.6.0-1.el9_2, firefox-x11-128.6.0-1.el9_2
- RHSA-2025:0136 Released 2025-01-09 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) firefox-128.6.0-1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) firefox-128.6.0-1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) firefox-128.6.0-1.el8_6
- RHSA-2025:0132 Released 2025-01-09 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) firefox-128.6.0-1.el7_9
- RHSA-2025:0135 Released 2025-01-09 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) firefox-128.6.0-1.el9_4, firefox-x11-128.6.0-1.el9_4
- RHSA-2025:0134 Released 2025-01-09 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) firefox-128.6.0-1.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) firefox-128.6.0-1.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) firefox-128.6.0-1.el8_4
- RHSA-2025:0133 Released 2025-01-09 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) firefox-128.6.0-1.el8_2
- RHSA-2025:0080 Released 2025-01-08 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox-128.6.0-1.el9_5, firefox-x11-128.6.0-1.el9_5
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0144, RHSA-2025:0281 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0080, RHSA-2025:0147 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0133, RHSA-2025:0286 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0134, RHSA-2025:0287 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0136, RHSA-2025:0275 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0134, RHSA-2025:0287 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0136, RHSA-2025:0275 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0162, RHSA-2025:0165 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0137, RHSA-2025:0284 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0138, RHSA-2025:0167 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0135, RHSA-2025:0166 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0134, RHSA-2025:0287 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0136, RHSA-2025:0275 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0132 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-0241
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hh4j-jwjv-8726
References
More Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-08981 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-0241 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-0241 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hh4j-jwjv-8726 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-0241 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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