CVE-2025-1014 | Certificate length was not properly checked

Certificate length was not properly checked when added to a certificate store. In practice only trusted data was processed. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 135, Firefox ESR 128.7, Thunderbird 128.7, and Thunderbird 135.

Published: 2025-02-04 Last update: 2026-04-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-1014 is rated Moderate Risk (50.5/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.21%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-1014

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 2026-03-15 0.12% 0.21% +0.10%
2 2026-03-02 0.19% 0.12% -0.07%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.19% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-1014

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-1014

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-1014

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-1014: 3 source package rows (firefox, firefox-esr, thunderbird); 339 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 339. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-1014
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-1014 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-2025-1014
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1014
suse high CVE-2025-1014 severity important: SUSE including 40 source package names (MozillaFirefox-128.7.0-112.246.1, MozillaFirefox-128.7.0-150200.152.170.1, …), 142 product×package rows across 48 product lines (Container suse/kiosk/firefox-esr, Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production, … (48 product lines)): Fixed 142. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1014/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-1014 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 9, not-affected 9, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-1014

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-1014

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 128.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla firefox < 135.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird >= 128.0.1, < 128.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird >= 131.0, < 135.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-1014

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