Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2025-1942

When String.toUpperCase() caused a string to get longer it was possible for uninitialized memory to be incorporated into the result string. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 136 and Thunderbird 136.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-1942: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-1942?
CVE-2025-1942 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-03-04.
How severe is CVE-2025-1942?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-1942 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.