Description
A malicious page could have used the type attribute of an OBJECT tag to override the default browser behavior when encountering a web resource served without a content-type. This could have contributed to an XSS on a site that unsafely serves files without a content-type header. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144, Firefox ESR 140.4, Thunderbird 144, and Thunderbird 140.4.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Mozilla Firefox
140.4 to ≤ 140.*unaffected144 to ≤ *unaffected
Mozilla Thunderbird
140.4 to ≤ 140.*unaffected144 to ≤ *unaffected
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1979536 ↗
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-81/ ↗
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-83/ ↗
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-84/ ↗
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-85/ ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00031.html ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00015.html ↗