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FreeBSD : Mozilla -- Uninitialized memory (f7e8e9a3-7eb0-11f0-ba14-b42e991fc52e)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 255287

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the f7e8e9a3-7eb0-11f0-ba14-b42e991fc52e advisory.

 [email protected] reports:
 Uninitialized memory in the JavaScript Engine component.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9181

http://www.nessus.org/u?d78f21bc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 255287

File Name: freebsd_pkg_f7e8e9a37eb011f0ba14b42e991fc52e.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 8/26/2025

Updated: 8/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9181

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:firefox, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:firefox-esr

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-9181

IAVA: 2025-A-0616, 2025-A-0621