cve-2025-0237
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-01-07 16:07
Modified
2025-01-13 21:54
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The WebChannel API, which is used to transport various information across processes, did not check the sending principal but rather accepted the principal being sent. This could have led to privilege escalation attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 134, Firefox ESR < 128.6, Thunderbird < 134, and Thunderbird < 128.6.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1915257Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-01/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-02/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-04/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-05/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird
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