CVE-2025-9179
CRITICALFirefox < 115.27.0, < 142.0 and Thunderbird < 128.14.0, < 142.0 - Memory Corruption in GMP Process
Title source: llmDescription
An attacker was able to perform memory corruption in the GMP process which processes encrypted media. This process is also heavily sandboxed, but represents slightly different privileges from the content process. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 142, Firefox ESR 115.27, Firefox ESR 128.14, Firefox ESR 140.2, Thunderbird 142, Thunderbird 128.14, and Thunderbird 140.2.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1979527
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-64/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-65/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-66/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-67/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-70/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-71/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-72/
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
41.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (11)
mozilla/firefox
< 115.27.0
mozilla/firefox
< 142.0
Mozilla/Firefox
115.27 - 115.*
Mozilla/Firefox
128.14 - 128.*
Mozilla/Firefox
140.2 - 140.*
Mozilla/Firefox
142
mozilla/thunderbird
< 128.14.0
mozilla/thunderbird
< 142.0
Mozilla/Thunderbird
128.14 - 128.*
Mozilla/Thunderbird
140.2 - 140.*
... and 1 more
Published
Aug 19, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026