Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 136, Thunderbird 136, Firefox ESR 115.21, Firefox ESR 128.8, and Thunderbird 128.8
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- 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.
Summary
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 135, Thunderbird 135, Firefox ESR 115.20, Firefox ESR 128.7, and Thunderbird 128.7. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 136, Firefox ESR 115.21, Firefox ESR 128.8, Thunderbird 136, and Thunderbird 128.8.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 | — | 115.21, 128.8, 136 | Patch available | CNA |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | — | 128.8, 136 | Patch available | CNA |
- Firefox VendorMozilla Affected — Fixed in 115.21, 128.8, 136 Patch available CNA
- Thunderbird VendorMozilla Affected — Fixed in 128.8, 136 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 115.21, 128.8, 136
- Fix · CNA Thunderbird (Mozilla) Fixed in 128.8, 136
Red Hat 19 advisories
- RHSA-2025:3036 Released 2025-03-19 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) thunderbird-128.8.0-2.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) thunderbird-128.8.0-2.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) thunderbird-128.8.0-2.el8_6
- RHSA-2025:3013 Released 2025-03-18 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) thunderbird-128.8.0-2.el9_0
- RHSA-2025:3009 Released 2025-03-18 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) thunderbird-128.8.0-2.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) thunderbird-128.8.0-2.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) thunderbird-128.8.0-2.el8_4
Show 16 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2025:2958 Released 2025-03-17 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) thunderbird-128.8.0-2.el8_8
- RHSA-2025:2959 Released 2025-03-17 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) thunderbird-128.8.0-2.el9_2
- RHSA-2025:2960 Released 2025-03-17 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) thunderbird-128.8.0-2.el8_2
- RHSA-2025:2957 Released 2025-03-17 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) thunderbird-128.8.0-2.el9_4
- RHSA-2025:2900 Released 2025-03-17 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) thunderbird-128.8.0-2.el8_10
- RHSA-2025:2899 Released 2025-03-17 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) thunderbird-128.8.0-2.el9_5
- RHSA-2025:2708 Released 2025-03-13 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) firefox-128.8.0-1.el8_2
- RHSA-2025:2699 Released 2025-03-13 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) firefox-128.8.0-1.el7_9
- RHSA-2025:2486 Released 2025-03-10 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) firefox-128.8.0-1.el8_8
- RHSA-2025:2484 Released 2025-03-10 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) firefox-128.8.0-1.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) firefox-128.8.0-1.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) firefox-128.8.0-1.el8_4
- RHSA-2025:2485 Released 2025-03-10 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) firefox-128.8.0-1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) firefox-128.8.0-1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) firefox-128.8.0-1.el8_6
- RHSA-2025:2479 Released 2025-03-10 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) firefox-128.8.0-1.el9_4, firefox-x11-128.8.0-1.el9_4
- RHSA-2025:2480 Released 2025-03-10 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) firefox-128.8.0-1.el9_2, firefox-x11-128.8.0-1.el9_2
- RHSA-2025:2481 Released 2025-03-10 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) firefox-128.8.0-1.el9_0
- RHSA-2025:2452 Released 2025-03-06 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox-128.8.0-1.el8_10
- RHSA-2025:2359 Released 2025-03-05 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox-128.8.0-1.el9_5, firefox-x11-128.8.0-1.el9_5
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. 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-2025:2452, RHSA-2025:2900 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2359, RHSA-2025:2899 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2708, RHSA-2025:2960 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2484, RHSA-2025:3009 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2485, RHSA-2025:3036 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2484, RHSA-2025:3009 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2485, RHSA-2025:3036 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2481, RHSA-2025:3013 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2486, RHSA-2025:2958 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2480, RHSA-2025:2959 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2479, RHSA-2025:2957 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2484, RHSA-2025:3009 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2485, RHSA-2025:3036 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2699 |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-1937
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5427-6cg5-37h6
References
Advisory 6
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-14/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-15/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-16/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-17/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-18/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/10/6
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Sources
- CVE-2025-1937 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-1937 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5427-6cg5-37h6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-1937 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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