CVE-2025-6429

NameCVE-2025-6429
DescriptionFirefox could have incorrectly parsed a URL and rewritten it to the youtube.com domain when parsing the URL specified in an `embed` tag. This could have bypassed website security checks that restricted which domains users were allowed to embed. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 140, Firefox ESR 128.12, Thunderbird 140, and Thunderbird 128.12.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-4231-1, DLA-4239-1, DSA-5950-1, DSA-5959-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
firefox (PTS)sid150.0.1-1fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)bullseye115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)140.10.1esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm128.14.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)140.10.1esr-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie140.8.0esr-1~deb13u1fixed
trixie (security)140.10.1esr-1~deb13u1fixed
forky140.10.0esr-1fixed
sid140.10.1esr-1fixed
thunderbird (PTS)bullseye1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)1:140.10.1esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:140.6.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1:140.10.1esr-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie1:140.8.0esr-1~deb13u1fixed
trixie (security)1:140.10.1esr-1~deb13u1fixed
forky1:140.10.0esr-1fixed
sid1:140.10.1esr-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
firefoxsource(unstable)140.0-1
firefox-esrsourcebullseye128.12.0esr-1~deb11u1DLA-4231-1
firefox-esrsourcebookworm128.12.0esr-1~deb12u1DSA-5950-1
firefox-esrsource(unstable)128.12.0esr-1
thunderbirdsourcebullseye1:128.12.0esr-1~deb11u1DLA-4239-1
thunderbirdsourcebookworm1:128.12.0esr-1~deb12u1DSA-5959-1
thunderbirdsource(unstable)1:128.12.0esr-1

Notes

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-51/#CVE-2025-6429
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-53/#CVE-2025-6429
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-54/#CVE-2025-6429

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