High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 22, 2025· Updated Apr 13, 2026
CVE-2025-8040
CVE-2025-8040
Description
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.0, Thunderbird ESR 140.0, Firefox 140 and Thunderbird 140. 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 141, Firefox ESR 140.1, Thunderbird 141, and Thunderbird 140.1.
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Affected products
74cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*range: <141.0
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*range: <140.1
- (no CPE)range: = 140.0
- (no CPE)range: = 140
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*range: <141.0
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*range: <140.1
- (no CPE)range: = 140.0
- (no CPE)range: = 140
- osv-coords66 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15%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/pipewire&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/pipewire&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/pipewire&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/xdg-desktop-portal&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/xdg-desktop-portal&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xdg-desktop-portal&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/xdg-desktop-portal&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xdg-desktop-portal&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/xdg-desktop-portal&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xdg-desktop-portal&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xdg-desktop-portal&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xdg-desktop-portal&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xdg-desktop-portal&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xdg-desktop-portal&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xdg-desktop-portal&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5
< 140.1.0-1.1+ 65 more
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140-150200.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
- (no CPE)range: < 141.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.8.230.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140-150200.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140-150200.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140-150200.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140-150200.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140-150200.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140-150200.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140-150200.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140-150200.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140-150200.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140-150200.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140-150200.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140-150200.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140-150200.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140-150200.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-112.273.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-112.273.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.8.230.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.8.230.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.8.230.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.1.0-150200.8.230.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.24-150300.4.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.24-150300.4.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.49-150400.3.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.49-150400.3.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.64-150500.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.64-150500.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.6-150200.3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.6-150200.3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.24-150300.4.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.49-150400.3.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.64-150500.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.24-150300.4.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.49-150400.3.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.64-150500.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.0-150200.5.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.0-150200.5.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.1-150400.3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.1-150400.3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.16.0-150500.3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.16.0-150500.3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.0-150200.5.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.1-150400.3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.16.0-150500.3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.0-150200.5.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.1-150400.3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.16.0-150500.3.8.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-56/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-59/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-61/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-63/nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cginvd
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