Amazon Linux 2 : firefox, --advisory ALAS2FIREFOX-2025-044 (ALASFIREFOX-2025-044)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 271745

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of firefox installed on the remote host is prior to 140.4.0-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2FIREFOX-2025-044 advisory.

Use-after-free in MediaTrackGraphImpl::GetInstance() This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144, Firefox ESR < 140.4, Thunderbird < 144, and Thunderbird < 140.4. (CVE-2025-11708)

A compromised web process was able to trigger out of bounds reads and writes in a more privileged process using manipulated WebGL textures. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144, Firefox ESR < 115.29, Firefox ESR < 140.4, Thunderbird < 144, and Thunderbird < 140.4. (CVE-2025-11709)

A compromised web process using malicious IPC messages could have caused the privileged browser process to reveal blocks of its memory to the compromised process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144, Firefox ESR < 115.29, Firefox ESR < 140.4, Thunderbird < 144, and Thunderbird < 140.4. (CVE-2025-11710)

There was a way to change the value of JavaScript Object properties that were supposed to be non- writeable. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144, Firefox ESR < 115.29, Firefox ESR < 140.4, Thunderbird < 144, and Thunderbird < 140.4. (CVE-2025-11711)

A malicious page could have used the type attribute of an OBJECT tag to override the default browser behavior when encountering a web resource served without a content-type. This could have contributed to an XSS on a site that unsafely serves files without a content-type header. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144, Firefox ESR < 140.4, Thunderbird < 144, and Thunderbird < 140.4. (CVE-2025-11712)

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.28, Firefox ESR 140.3, Thunderbird ESR 140.3, Firefox 143 and Thunderbird 143. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144, Firefox ESR < 115.29, Firefox ESR < 140.4, Thunderbird < 144, and Thunderbird < 140.4.
(CVE-2025-11714)

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.3, Thunderbird ESR 140.3, Firefox 143 and Thunderbird 143.
Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144, Firefox ESR < 140.4, Thunderbird < 144, and Thunderbird < 140.4. (CVE-2025-11715)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update firefox' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2FIREFOX-2025-044' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2FIREFOX-2025-044.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-11708.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-11709.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-11710.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-11711.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-11712.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-11714.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-11715.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 271745

File Name: al2_ALASFIREFOX-2025-044.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/28/2025

Updated: 10/28/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2025-11715

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11710

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11708, CVE-2025-11709, CVE-2025-11710, CVE-2025-11711, CVE-2025-11712, CVE-2025-11714, CVE-2025-11715

IAVA: 2025-A-0744