fkie_cve-2025-6435
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-06-24 13:15
Modified
2025-07-14 19:15
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
If a user saved a response from the Network tab in Devtools using the Save As context menu option, that file may not have been saved with the `.download` file extension. This could have led to the user inadvertently running a malicious executable. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 140 and Thunderbird < 140.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1950056Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1961777Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-51/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-54/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *


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  "id": "CVE-2025-6435",
  "lastModified": "2025-07-14T19:15:35.277",
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