9.8

CVE-2025-8038: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-8038CGA-72g7-xc99-33v9CGA-c636-vjqw-pv2w
Published 22-07-2025Last modified 29-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-8038 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 8
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15371-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15383-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15386-1SUSE-SU-2025:02529-1SUSE-SU-2025:02531-1SUSE-SU-2025:02546-1

Timeline

  1. 22-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Thunderbird ignored paths when checking the validity of navigations in a frame. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 141, Firefox ESR 140.1, Thunderbird 141, and Thunderbird 140.1.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.23% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu8 products
  • mozjs102All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs115All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
Chainguard2 products
  • firefox< 140.1-r0
  • firefox-esr< 140.1-r0
Mozilla2 products
Wolfi1 product
  • firefox< 140.1-r0

4 vendors · 13 products

References

9 links