CVE-2025-8038 is a critical vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox (versions < 141 and ESR < 140.1) and Thunderbird (versions < 141 and < 140.1), where Thunderbird failed to properly validate navigation paths within frames. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating it can be exploited remotely without user interaction, leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 140.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:* | ||
< 141.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
< 140.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:* | ||
< 141.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.