Security Alert (A25-10-22): Vulnerability in Firefox

Description:

Mozilla has published the advisory (MFSA2025-86) to address a vulnerability in Firefox. A remote attacker could entice a user to open a web page with specially crafted content on a vulnerable browser to exploit the vulnerability.

Affected Systems:

• Firefox Windows versions prior to version 144.0.2

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could lead to remote code execution on an affected system.

Recommendation:

Mozilla has released new versions of the product to address the issues and they can be downloaded at the following URLs:
Firefox 144.0.2 (Windows)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release

Users of affected systems should follow the recommendations provided by the vendor and take immediate actions to mitigate the risk.

More Information:

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-86/
• https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/mozilla-firefox-remote-code-execution-vulnerability_20251030
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-12380