{"id":59714,"date":"2025-07-28T21:46:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:46:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-08T17:18:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:18:41","slug":"cve-2025-8028-critical-vulnerability-in-firefox-and-thunderbird-due-to-incorrect-computation-of-branch-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8028-critical-vulnerability-in-firefox-and-thunderbird-due-to-incorrect-computation-of-branch-address\/","title":{"rendered":"CVE-2025-8028: Critical Vulnerability in Firefox and Thunderbird due to Incorrect Computation of Branch Address<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

The cybersecurity world has been shaken with the revelation of a severe vulnerability affecting popular software products like Firefox and Thunderbird. Identified as CVE-2025-8028, this vulnerability has a potential to compromise systems or lead to data leakage, making it a significant threat to personal and corporate users of the affected software. In particular, this vulnerability arises due<\/a> to an erroneous computation of the branch address in a WASM `br_table` instruction on arm64. This can result in truncation and incorrect computations, thereby creating a loophole for potential cyber attacks.<\/p>\n

Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

CVE ID: CVE-2025-8028
\nSeverity: Critical, CVSS Score 9.8
\nAttack Vector: Network
\nPrivileges Required: None
\nUser Interaction: None
\nImpact: Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n

Affected Products<\/strong><\/p>

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