CVE-2025-1016 Memory corruption in Firefox

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Memory safety bugs in Firefox and Thunderbird allow arbitrary code execution, requiring users to upgrade to patched versions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-1016?

CVE-2025-1016 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 4 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 134, Thunderbird 134, Firefox ESR 115.19, Firefox ESR 128.6, Thunderbird 115.19, and Thunderbird 128.6. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 135, Firefox ESR 115.20, Firefox ESR 128.7, Thunderbird 128.7, and Thunderbird 135.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1016?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2025-1016?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2025-1016 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1016 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1016, GHSA-mh3f-c34v-4q6q, OESA-2025-1108, OESA-2025-1109, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1016.

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