Bug 2389580 (CVE-2025-9179)

Summary: CVE-2025-9179 thunderbird: firefox: Sandbox escape due to invalid pointer in the Audio/Video: GMP component
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: gotiwari, jgrulich, jhorak, mvyas, tpopela
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A flaw was found in Thunderbird and Firefox. The Mozilla Foundation's Security Advisory describes the following issue: An attacker is able to perform memory corruption in the GMP process which process encrypted media. This process is also heavily sandboxed, but represents slightly different privileges from the content process.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-08-19 21:01:50 UTC
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 affects Firefox < 142, Firefox ESR < 115.27, Firefox ESR < 128.14, Firefox ESR < 140.2, Thunderbird < 142, Thunderbird < 128.14, and Thunderbird < 140.2.

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2025-08-25 07:43:26 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:14416 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14416

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-08-25 07:43:56 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2025:14417 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14417

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2025-08-25 08:37:45 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2025:14442 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14442

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2025-08-26 15:36:46 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:14640 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14640

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2025-08-27 11:39:24 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2025:14743 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14743

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2025-08-28 08:52:54 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2025:14844 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14844

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-08 02:39:39 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On

Via RHSA-2025:15419 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15419

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-08 02:42:45 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support

Via RHSA-2025:15418 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15418

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-08 03:05:07 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2025:15421 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15421

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-08 03:10:20 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2025:15420 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15420

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-08 03:22:21 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2025:15422 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15422

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-08 03:22:47 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2025:15424 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15424

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-08 03:24:40 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2025:15423 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15423

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-08 06:32:00 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support

Via RHSA-2025:15430 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15430

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-08 07:41:54 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2025:15438 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15438

Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-08 07:42:02 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support

Via RHSA-2025:15437 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15437

Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-08 07:42:10 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2025:15436 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15436

Comment 19 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-08 07:42:27 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2025:15434 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15434

Comment 20 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-08 07:42:40 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2025:15435 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15435

Comment 21 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-08 16:29:12 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On

Via RHSA-2025:15496 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15496

Comment 22 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-09 03:41:58 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2025:15535 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15535