SUSE SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2025:03009-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 258100

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:03009-1 advisory.

- Firefox Extended Support Release 140.2.0 ESR MFSA 2025-67 (bsc#1248162)
* CVE-2025-9179 (bmo#1979527):
Sandbox escape due to invalid pointer in the Audio/Video: GMP component
* CVE-2025-9180 (bmo#1979782):
Same-origin policy bypass in the Graphics: Canvas2D component
* CVE-2025-9181 (bmo#1977130):
Uninitialized memory in the JavaScript Engine component
* CVE-2025-9182 (bmo#1975837):
Denial-of-service due to out-of-memory in the Graphics:
WebRender component
* CVE-2025-9183 (bmo#1976102):
Spoofing issue in the Address Bar component
* CVE-2025-9184 (bmo#1929482, bmo#1976376, bmo#1979163, bmo#1979955):
Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.2, Thunderbird ESR 140.2, Firefox 142 and Thunderbird 142
* CVE-2025-9185 (bmo#1970154, bmo#1976782, bmo#1977166):
Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.27, Firefox ESR 128.14, Thunderbird ESR 128.14, Firefox ESR 140.2, Thunderbird ESR 140.2, Firefox 142 and Thunderbird 142
* CVE-2025-9187 (bmo#1825621, bmo#1970079, bmo#1976736, bmo#1979072): Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 142 and Thunderbird 142

- Other fixes:
* Ensure the use of the correct file-picker on KDE (bsc#1226112)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-devel and / or MozillaFirefox-translations-common packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 258100

File Name: suse_SU-2025-03009-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/29/2025

Updated: 8/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9187

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-9179, CVE-2025-9180, CVE-2025-9181, CVE-2025-9182, CVE-2025-9183, CVE-2025-9184, CVE-2025-9185, CVE-2025-9187

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:03009-1

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