DNS rebinding circumvents CORS (Mozilla Firefox)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.45 % · percentile 39 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mozilla
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
Thunderbird cached CORS preflight responses across IP address changes. This allowed circumventing CORS with DNS rebinding. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 141, Firefox ESR 140.1, Thunderbird 141, and Thunderbird 140.1.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-350 — Reliance on Reverse DNS Resolution for a Security-Critical Action
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1960834
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-56/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-59/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-61/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-63/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/652514
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | CISA-ADP |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-22369
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-8036
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0756 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0615 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Mozilla · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*< 140.1.0cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*< 141.0cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*< 140.1.0cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*< 141.0
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Mozilla · Firefox | unaffected 140.1 ≤ 140.* ; unaffected 141 ≤ * |
| Mozilla · Thunderbird | unaffected 140.1 ≤ 140.* ; unaffected 141 ≤ * |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |