CVE-2025-9181 Uninitialized memory in the JavaScript Engine component

What is CVE-2025-9181?

CVE-2025-9181 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 19 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Uninitialized memory in the JavaScript Engine component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 142, Firefox ESR 128.14, Firefox ESR 140.2, Thunderbird 142, Thunderbird 128.14, and Thunderbird 140.2.

Weakness: CWE-457

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9181?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2025-9181?

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-2025-9181 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9181 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-2025-9181, GHSA-4c9v-rqpw-wrj7, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-9181.