Vulnerability · Published Aug 19, 2025 · Assigned by mozilla

CVE-2025-55029Malicious scripts could spam popups for denial of service attacks

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in Firefox for iOS from Mozilla. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Malicious scripts could bypass the popup blocker to spam new tabs, potentially resulting in denial of service attacks. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 142.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Mozilla Firefox for iOS see references

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References