CVE-2025-9179
Public on 2025-08-19
        Modified on 2025-08-22
        
      Description
            
              An attacker was able to perform memory corruption in the GMP process which processes encrypted media. This process is also heavily sandboxed, but represents slightly different privileges from the content process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 142, Firefox ESR < 115.27, Firefox ESR < 128.14, Firefox ESR < 140.2, Thunderbird < 142, Thunderbird < 128.14, and Thunderbird < 140.2.
            
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        CVSS v3 Base Score
          
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        Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Firefox Extra | firefox | 2025-09-16 | ALAS2FIREFOX-2025-042 | Fixed | 
| Amazon Linux 2023 | firefox | 2025-09-08 | ALAS2023-2025-1171 | Fixed | 
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | thunderbird | 2025-09-16 | ALAS2-2025-2999 | Fixed | 
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | 
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |