CVE-2025-5265 (GCVE-0-2025-5265)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-05-27 12:29
Modified
2025-06-11 12:07
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • Potential local code execution in “Copy as cURL” command
Summary
Due to insufficient escaping of the ampersand 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 bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 139, Firefox ESR < 115.24, Firefox ESR < 128.11, Thunderbird < 139, and Thunderbird < 128.11.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1962301Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-42/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-43/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-44/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-45/
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-46/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Version: unspecified   < 139
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   Mozilla Firefox ESR Version: unspecified   < 115.24
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   Mozilla Firefox ESR Version: unspecified   < 128.11
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   Mozilla Thunderbird Version: unspecified   < 139
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