Same-Origin Policy Bypass in Firefox and Thunderbird by Mozilla
CVE-2025-9180

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Mozilla

Vendor
CVE Published:
19 August 2025

What is CVE-2025-9180?

A vulnerability has been identified in the Graphics: Canvas2D component of the Mozilla products, allowing an attacker to bypass the same-origin policy. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data from different origins, compromising the security model intended to protect user data. The affected versions of Firefox and Thunderbird include several prior releases, highlighting the necessity for users to update their applications to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

Firefox < 142

Firefox ESR < 115.27

Firefox ESR < 128.14

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Tom Van Goethem
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