9.8

CVE-2025-8043: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-8043CGA-637q-844w-g44fCGA-qq92-24jg-78c5
Published 22-07-2025Last modified 13-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-8043 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 22-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Focus incorrectly truncated URLs towards the beginning instead of around the origin. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 141.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.38% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu7 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)
Mozilla2 products
Chainguard1 product
  • firefox-esr-140All versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 10 products

References

6 links