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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-54143

critical Nessus Plugin ID 247894

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - Sandboxed iframes on webpages could potentially allow downloads to the device, bypassing the expected sandbox restrictions declared on the parent page. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 141.
 (CVE-2025-54143)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-54143

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 247894

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_54143.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54143

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs38, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs52, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs68, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs78, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs91, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs102, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs115

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-54143