Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 19, 2025· Updated Apr 13, 2026
CVE-2025-9179
CVE-2025-9179
Description
An attacker was able to perform memory corruption in the GMP process which processes encrypted media. This process is also heavily sandboxed, but represents slightly different privileges from the content process. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 142, Firefox ESR 115.27, Firefox ESR 128.14, Firefox ESR 140.2, Thunderbird 142, Thunderbird 128.14, and Thunderbird 140.2.
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Affected products
41cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*range: <142.0
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*range: <115.27.0
- (no CPE)range: <142
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*range: <142.0
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*range: <128.14.0
- (no CPE)range: <142
- osv-coords35 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/firefoxpkg:apk/chainguard/firefox-esrpkg:apk/wolfi/firefoxpkg:rpm/almalinux/firefoxpkg:rpm/almalinux/firefox-x11pkg:rpm/almalinux/thunderbirdpkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/mozjs128&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/mozjs128&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/mozjs128&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/mozjs128&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0
< 128.14-r0+ 34 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.14-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 128.14-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 128.14.0-2.el9_6.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 128.14.0-2.el9_6.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 128.14.0-3.el9_6.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.152.198.1
- (no CPE)range: < 142.0.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.8.236.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 128.14.0-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 128.14.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.152.198.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.152.198.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.152.198.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.152.198.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.152.198.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.152.198.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.152.198.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.152.198.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-112.276.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.152.198.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.152.198.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.152.198.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.152.198.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.152.198.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.152.198.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-112.276.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.8.236.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.8.236.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.8.236.1
- (no CPE)range: < 140.2.0-150200.8.236.1
- (no CPE)range: < 128.14.0-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 128.14.0-160000.1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-64/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-65/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-66/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-67/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-70/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-71/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-72/nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00016.htmlnvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00018.htmlnvd
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