CVE-2025-4082 | WebGL shader attribute memory corruption in Thunderbird for macOS

Modification of specific WebGL shader attributes could trigger an out-of-bounds read, which, when chained with other vulnerabilities, could be used to escalate privileges. *This bug only affects Thunderbird for macOS. Other versions of Thunderbird are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 138, Firefox ESR 128.10, Firefox ESR 115.23, Thunderbird 138, and Thunderbird 128.10.

Published: 2025-04-29 Last update: 2026-04-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-4082 is rated Moderate Risk (43.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-4082

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 2026-03-26 0.40% 0.34% -0.07%
2 2026-02-23 0.06% 0.40% +0.34%
3 2025-12-12 0.06%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-4082

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.9 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 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:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.2 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-4082

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-4082

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2025-4082: 3 source package rows (firefox, firefox-esr, thunderbird); 353 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 353. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-4082
debian unimportant CVE-2025-4082 unimportant 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-2025-4082
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4082
suse high CVE-2025-4082 severity important: SUSE including 18 source package names (MozillaFirefox-128.10.0-150200.152.179.1, MozillaFirefox-138.0-1.1, …), 100 product×package rows across 36 product lines (Container suse/kiosk/firefox-esr, Image SLES15-SP3-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production, … (36 product lines)): Fixed 100. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4082/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-4082 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (firefox, thunderbird), 12 status rows across 6 suites (focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, upstream): not-affected 9, DNE 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-4082

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-4082

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 115.23 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla firefox < 138.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
mozilla firefox >= 128.0, < 128.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 128.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 138.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-4082

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