CVE-2025-1943 Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 136 and Thunderbird 136
Memory safety bugs in Firefox and Thunderbird allow arbitrary code execution, requiring users to upgrade to version 136.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-1943?
CVE-2025-1943 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 4 Mar 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 135 and Thunderbird 135. 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 136 and Thunderbird 136.
Weakness: CWE-122
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1943?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird.
How do I fix CVE-2025-1943?
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-2025-1943 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1943 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3g8j-6hfm-wj7g, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1943.