CVE-2025-3032 (GCVE-0-2025-3032)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-01 12:29 – Updated: 2026-04-13 14:29
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Title
Leaking file descriptors from the fork server
Summary
Leaking of file descriptors from the fork server to web content processes could allow for privilege escalation attacks. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 137 and Thunderbird 137.
Severity ?
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-403 - Exposure of File Descriptor to Unintended Control Sphere ('File Descriptor Leak')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Unaffected: 137 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
Thinker Li
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