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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2025-9179

Sandbox escape due to invalid pointer in the Audio/Video: GMP component

Description

An attacker was able to perform memory corruption in the GMP process which processes encrypted media. This process is also heavily sandboxed, but represents slightly different privileges from the content process. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 142, Firefox ESR 115.27, Firefox ESR 128.14, Firefox ESR 140.2, Thunderbird 142, Thunderbird 128.14, and Thunderbird 140.2.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Mozilla Firefox

  • 115.27 to ≤ 115.*unaffected
  • 128.14 to ≤ 128.*unaffected
  • 140.2 to ≤ 140.*unaffected
  • 142 to ≤ *unaffected

Mozilla Thunderbird

  • 128.14 to ≤ 128.*unaffected
  • 140.2 to ≤ 140.*unaffected
  • 142 to ≤ *unaffected

References