CVE-2025-0239Improper Certificate Validation in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
4.0MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.4
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 7
Latest updateFeb 2

Description

When using Alt-Svc, ALPN did not properly validate certificates when the original server is redirecting to an insecure site. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 134, Firefox ESR 128.6, Thunderbird 134, and Thunderbird 128.6.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.5 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDmozilla/firefox< 128.6.0+1
NVDmozilla/thunderbird129.0134.0+1
Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 134.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Debianmozilla/thunderbird< 1:128.6.0esr-1~deb11u1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities2025-01-09
CVEList
Alt-Svc ALPN validation failure when redirected2025-01-07
GHSA
GHSA-p4q7-g7ff-823j: When using Alt-Svc, ALPN did not properly validate certificates when the original server is redirecting to an insecure site2025-01-07
OSV
CVE-2025-0239: When using Alt-Svc, ALPN did not properly validate certificates when the original server is redirecting to an insecure site2025-01-07

📋Vendor Advisories

8
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2026-02-02
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2025-01-09
Red Hat
firefox: Alt-Svc ALPN validation failure when redirected2025-01-07
Debian
CVE-2025-0239: firefox - When using Alt-Svc, ALPN did not properly validate certificates when the origina...2025
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2025-01: CVE-2025-0239
CVE-2025-0239 — Improper Certificate Validation | cvebase