CVE-2025-3028 | Use-after-free triggered by XSLTProcessor

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JavaScript code running while transforming a document with the XSLTProcessor could lead to a use-after-free. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 137, Firefox ESR 115.22, Firefox ESR 128.9, Thunderbird 137, and Thunderbird 128.9.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-3028 is rated Exploit Available (53.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-3028

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-3028

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 2026-06-12 0.13% 0.15% +0.03%
2 2026-05-10 0.71% 0.13% -0.59%
3 2026-01-26 0.71%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-3028

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L 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: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:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
3.9 2.5 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-3028

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-3028

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2025-3028: 3 source package rows (firefox, firefox-esr, thunderbird); 350 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 350. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-3028
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-3028 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-2025-3028
gentoo high CVE-2025-3028: 3 GLSA(s) (202505-02, 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-2025-3028
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3028
suse high CVE-2025-3028 severity important: SUSE including 40 source package names (MozillaFirefox-128.9.0-112.252.1, MozillaFirefox-128.9.0-150200.152.176.1, …), 130 product×package rows across 44 product lines (Container suse/kiosk/firefox-esr, Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production, … (44 product lines)): Fixed 130. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3028/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-3028 medium priority: Ubuntu including 9 source packages (firefox, mozjs102, …), 65 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream): DNE 35, ignored 10, not-affected 9, needs-triage 8, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-3028

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-3028

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 115.22.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla firefox < 137.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
mozilla firefox >= 116.0, < 128.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 128.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird >= 129.0, <= 137.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-3028

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