CVE-2025-0240 | Compartment mismatch when parsing JavaScript JSON module

Parsing a JavaScript module as JSON could, under some circumstances, cause cross-compartment access, which may result in a use-after-free. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 134, Firefox ESR 128.6, Thunderbird 134, and Thunderbird 128.6.

Published: 2025-01-07 Last update: 2026-04-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-0240 is rated Low Risk (21.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-0240

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-15 0.06% 0.05% -0.01%
2 2025-09-21 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
3 2025-09-18 0.04%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-0240

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.5 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-0240

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-0240

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2025-0240: 3 source package rows (firefox, firefox-esr, thunderbird); 335 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 335. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-0240
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-0240 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 3 source packages (firefox, firefox-esr, thunderbird), 11 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 11. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-0240
gentoo high CVE-2025-0240: 3 GLSA(s) (202501-10, 202505-03, 202509-02), 5 atom(s) (dev-lang/spidermonkey, mail-client/thunderbird, mail-client/thunderbird-bin, www-client/firefox, www-client/firefox-bin); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2025-0240
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-0240
suse high CVE-2025-0240 severity important: SUSE including 37 source package names (MozillaFirefox-128.6.0-112.243.1, MozillaFirefox-128.6.0-150200.152.167.1, …), 142 product×package rows across 49 product lines (Container suse/kiosk/firefox-esr, Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production, … (49 product lines)): Fixed 142. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-0240/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-0240 medium priority: Ubuntu including 9 source packages (firefox, mozjs102, …), 65 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream): DNE 34, ignored 10, needs-triage 10, not-affected 9, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-0240

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-0240

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 128.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla firefox < 134.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 128.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird >= 129.0, < 134.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-0240

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