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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2025-5265: Important priority package update for firefox

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 27, 2025
Added
Jun 11, 2025
Modified
Jul 17, 2025

Description

Due to insufficient escaping of the ampersand character in the “Copy as cURL” feature, an attacker could trick a user into using this command, potentially leading to local code execution on the user's system.
*This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 139, Firefox ESR < 115.24, Firefox ESR < 128.11, Thunderbird < 139, and Thunderbird < 128.11.
A flaw was found in Firefox. The Mozilla Foundation's Security Advisory describes the following issue: Due to insufficient escaping of the ampersand character in the “Copy as cURL” feature, an attacker could trick a user into using this command, leading to local code execution on the user's system.

Solutions

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