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🛡️ CVE-2025-6431 on Ubuntu — mozjs102

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

When a link can be opened in an external application, Firefox for Android will, by default, prompt the user before doing so. An attacker could have bypassed this prompt, potentially exposing the user to security vulnerabilities or privacy leaks in external applications. *This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 140.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-6431 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package mozjs102. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

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. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6431 is classified as CWE-285: Improper Authorization. A request is carried out without confirming that the caller is permitted to perform it on that specific resource.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6431 is recorded against 7 packages.

  • mozjs102
  • mozjs115
  • mozjs38
  • mozjs52
  • mozjs68
  • mozjs78
  • mozjs91

Timeline and source

Published on 24 June 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)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-285: Improper Authorization) in other software:

CVE-2025-6431 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:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-06-24
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 — —

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