CVE-2025-5264
What it is
Due to insufficient escaping of the newline character in the “Copy as cURL” feature, an attacker could trick a user into using this command, potentially leading to local code execution on the user's system. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 139, Firefox ESR 115.24, Firefox ESR 128.11, Thunderbird 139, and Thunderbird 128.11.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account, but needs a user to act. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-77 · Command injection
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Mozilla Firefox < 115.24.0
- Mozilla Firefox < 139.0
- Mozilla Firefox < 128.11.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 4.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Fix and advisories
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-42/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-43/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-44/
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1950001
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-42/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-43/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-44/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-45/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-46/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00043.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00046.html