CVE-2025-1936Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
7.3HIGHNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
0.2%
top 64.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 4
Latest updateJul 22

Description

jar: URLs retrieve local file content packaged in a ZIP archive. The null and everything after it was ignored when retrieving the content from the archive, but the fake extension after the null was used to determine the type of content. This could have been used to hide code in a web extension disguised as something else like an image. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 136, Firefox ESR 128.8, Thunderbird 136, and Thunderbird 128.8.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.4

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDmozilla/firefox< 128.8.0+1
NVDmozilla/thunderbird129.0136.0+1
Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 136.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Debianmozilla/thunderbird< 1:128.8.0esr-1~deb11u1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities2025-03-06
GHSA
GHSA-x4j2-c46q-7jp5: jar: URLs retrieve local file content packaged in a ZIP archive2025-03-04
CVEList
Adding %00 and a fake extension to a jar: URL changed the interpretation of the contents2025-03-04
OSV
CVE-2025-1936: jar: URLs retrieve local file content packaged in a ZIP archive2025-03-04

📋Vendor Advisories

8
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2025-07-22
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2025-03-06
Red Hat
firefox: Adding %00 and a fake extension to a jar: URL changed the interpretation of the contents2025-03-04
Debian
CVE-2025-1936: firefox - jar: URLs retrieve local file content packaged in a ZIP archive. The null and ev...2025
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2025-18: CVE-2025-1936
CVE-2025-1936 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability | cvebase