CVE-2025-2857

10.0 CRITICAL
Published: March 27, 2025 Modified: October 31, 2025

Description

Following the recent Chrome sandbox escape (CVE-2025-2783), various Firefox developers identified a similar pattern in our IPC code. A compromised child process could cause the parent process to return an unintentionally powerful handle, leading to a sandbox escape. The original vulnerability was being exploited in the wild. *This only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 136.0.4, Firefox ESR < 128.8.1, and Firefox ESR < 115.21.1.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1956398
Source: security@mozilla.org
Permissions Required
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/405143032
Source: security@mozilla.org
Permissions Required
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2783
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-19/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
10.0 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
29th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

mozilla