CVE-2025-6435 (GCVE-0-2025-6435)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-24 12:28 – Updated: 2026-04-13 14:31
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Save as in Devtools could download files without sanitizing the extension
Summary
If a user saved a response from the Network tab in Devtools using the Save As context menu option, that file may not have been saved with the `.download` file extension. This could have led to the user inadvertently running a malicious executable. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 140 and Thunderbird 140.
Severity
8.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-24 13:37 UTC
CWE
- CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox |
Unaffected:
140 , ≤ *
(rpm)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Unaffected:
140 , ≤ *
(rpm)
|
guessed |
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