CVE-2025-4090 | Leaked library paths in Thunderbird for Android

A vulnerability existed in Thunderbird for Android where potentially sensitive library locations were logged via Logcat. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 138 and Thunderbird 138.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-4090 is rated Moderate Risk (42.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). 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-2025-4090

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 2026-06-11 0.24% 0.41% +0.17%
2 2026-06-07 0.28% 0.24% -0.04%
3 2026-02-23 0.28%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-4090

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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: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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-4090

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-4090

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2025-4090: 2 source package rows (firefox, thunderbird); 208 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 208. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-4090
debian unimportant CVE-2025-4090 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (firefox), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-4090
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4090
suse high https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4090/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-4090 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-2025-4090

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-4090

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 138.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 138.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-4090

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