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CVE-2025-11721

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Description

Memory safety bug present in Firefox 143 and Thunderbird 143. This bug showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort this could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144 and Thunderbird 144.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2025-10-14 13:15:38.520000
Last modified
2026-10-18 21:10:00.120000
View original CVE JSON
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      "value": "Error de seguridad de memoria presente en Firefox 143 y Thunderbird 143. Este error mostró evidencia de corrupción de memoria y presumimos que con suficiente esfuerzo esto podría haber sido explotado para ejecutar código arbitrario. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox < 144 y Thunderbird < 144."
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