CVE•Published 2025-08-19•Modified 2026-04-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-9179Mozilla · Firefox
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Description
An attacker was able to perform memory corruption in the GMP process which processes encrypted media. This process is also heavily sandboxed, but represents slightly different privileges from the content process. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 142, Firefox ESR 115.27, Firefox ESR 128.14, Firefox ESR 140.2, Thunderbird 142, Thunderbird 128.14, and Thunderbird 140.2.
Timeline
Published 2025-08-19
Modified 2026-04-13
External references
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).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2025-9179Hosts 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-2025-9179Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-9179Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2025-9179Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2025-9179GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2025-9179" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.