CVE-2025-3028 Use-after-free triggered by XSLTProcessor

What is CVE-2025-3028?

CVE-2025-3028 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 1 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

JavaScript code running while transforming a document with the XSLTProcessor could lead to a use-after-free. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 137, Firefox ESR 115.22, Firefox ESR 128.9, Thunderbird 137, and Thunderbird 128.9.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3028?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2025-3028?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2025-3028 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3028 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3028, GHSA-p5r8-47qx-x497, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3028, openSUSE-SU-2025:14975-1.