CVE-2025-4085 Potential information leakage and privilege escalation in UITour actor

High 7.1 Published Updated

An attacker controlling a content process can exploit the UITour actor to leak sensitive information or escalate privileges in Firefox and Thunderbird.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-4085?

CVE-2025-4085 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 29 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An attacker with control over a content process could potentially leverage the privileged UITour actor to leak sensitive information or escalate privileges. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 138 and Thunderbird 138.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4085?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2025-4085?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2025-4085 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4085 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8hvc-6h7p-6mcf, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-4085.

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