🛡️ CVE-2025-3028 on Debian — firefox-esr

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

JavaScript code running while transforming a document with the XSLTProcessor could lead to a use-after-free. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 137, Firefox ESR 115.22, Firefox ESR 128.9, Thunderbird 137, and Thunderbird 128.9.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-3028 as tracked by Debian, for the package firefox-esr. The fix is available in version 128.9.0esr-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability low.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3028 is classified as CWE-416: Use After Free. Memory is used after being released, so its contents may already belong to something else.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3028 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • firefox-esr (fixed in 128.9.0esr-1)
  • thunderbird (fixed in 1:128.9.0esr-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 1 April 2025 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2025-3028 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-04-01
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
firefox-esr 128.9.0esr-1
thunderbird 1:128.9.0esr-1

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