CVE•Published 2025-03-27•Modified 2026-10-05•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2025-2857Mozilla · Firefox

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

10.0

CRITICAL

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

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 21% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-668Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Description

Following the recent Chrome sandbox escape (CVE-2025-2783), various Firefox developers identified a similar pattern in our IPC code. A compromised child process could cause the parent process to return an unintentionally powerful handle, leading to a sandbox escape. The original vulnerability was being exploited in the wild. *This only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 136.0.4, Firefox ESR 128.8.1, and Firefox ESR 115.21.1.

Timeline

Published 2025-03-27

Modified 2026-10-05

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common). Live host counts are a Premium feature.

Shodan · vuln tag

vuln:CVE-2025-2857

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Mozilla Firefox"

All exposed Mozilla Firefox instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Firefox"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Firefox" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2025-2857