🛡️ CVE-2025-4215 on Debian — ublock-origin
Description
A vulnerability was found in gorhill uBlock Origin up to 1.63.3b16. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function currentStateChanged of the file src/js/1p-filters.js of the component UI. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.63.3b17 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as eaedaf5b10d2f7857c6b77fbf7d4a80681d4d46c. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2025-4215 as tracked by Debian, for the package ublock-origin. The fix is available in version 1.62.0+dfsg-2; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, 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 none, availability low.
Weakness class
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-4215 is classified as CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. A request can consume memory, CPU or storage without limit, exhausting capacity for everyone else.
Affected software
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-4215 is recorded against 1 package.
- ublock-origin (fixed in 1.62.0+dfsg-2)
Timeline and source
Published on 2 May 2025 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
CVE-2025-4215 on other distributions
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Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| ublock-origin | — | 1.62.0+dfsg-2 |
References
Similar Threats
- Unknown DLA-4356-1
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- Medium CVE-2022-32308
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