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🛡️ CVE-2025-4088 on Ubuntu — mozjs102

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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Description

A security vulnerability in Thunderbird allowed malicious sites to use redirects to send credentialed requests to arbitrary endpoints on any site that had invoked the Storage Access API. This enabled potential Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks across origins. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 138 and Thunderbird 138.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-4088 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package mozjs102. The fix is available in version 1:140.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1; 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 low, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-4088 is classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). A state-changing request is accepted without proof it was intended, so another site can trigger it using the victim's session.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-4088 is recorded against 8 packages.

  • mozjs102
  • mozjs115
  • mozjs38
  • mozjs52
  • mozjs68
  • mozjs78
  • mozjs91
  • thunderbird (fixed in 1:140.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 29 April 2025 and last revised on 29 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
www.mozilla.org (Report)
bugzilla.mozilla.org (Report)
www.mozilla.org (Report)
www.mozilla.org (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)) in other software:

CVE-2025-4088 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-04-29
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-29
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
mozjs102 — —
mozjs115 — —
mozjs38 — —
mozjs52 — —
mozjs68 — —
mozjs78 — —
mozjs91 — —
thunderbird — 1:140.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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