CVE-2025-8042

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: August 19, 2025 Modified: April 13, 2026

Description

Firefox for Android allowed a sandboxed iframe without the `allow-downloads` attribute to start downloads. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 141.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1791322

Source: security@mozilla.org

Issue Tracking Permissions Required

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-56/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

2 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

9.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.1%

21th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732

Affected Vendors

google mozilla

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