CVE-2025-55028 | JavaScript alerts could impede UI interaction or allow denial of service attacks

Malicious scripts utilizing repetitive JavaScript alerts could prevent client user interaction in some scenarios and allow for denial of service attacks. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 142.

Published: 2025-08-19 Last update: 2026-04-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-55028 is rated Low Risk (36.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.11%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-55028

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 2025-12-19 0.04% 0.11% +0.07%
2 2025-10-26 0.05% 0.04% -0.01%
3 2025-09-20 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-55028

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:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-55028

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-55028

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-55028: 1 source package rows (firefox); 115 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 115. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-55028

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-55028

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 142.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*

References for CVE-2025-55028

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