CVE-2025-6435

high

Description

If a user saved a response from the Network tab in Devtools using the Save As context menu option, that file may not have been saved with the `.download` file extension. This could have led to the user inadvertently running a malicious executable. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 140.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-51/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1961777

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1950056

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-06-24

Updated: 2025-06-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0004