CVE-2025-12380
Use-after-free in WebGPU internals triggered from a compromised child process
Starting with Firefox 142, it was possible for a compromised child process to trigger a use-after-free in the GPU or browser process using WebGPU-related IPC calls. This may have been usable to escape the child process sandbox. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144.0.2.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Use-after-free in WebGPU internals triggered from a compromised child process
Starting with Firefox 142, it was possible for a compromised child process to trigger a use-after-free in the GPU or browser process using WebGPU-related IPC calls. This may have been usable to escape the child process sandbox. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144.0.2.
- Record
CVE-2025-12380- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-36530
Starting with Firefox 142, it was possible for a compromised child process to trigger a use-after-free in the GPU or browser process using WebGPU-related IPC calls. This may have been usable to escape the child process sandbox. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144.0.2.
- Record
EUVD-2025-36530- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mmmm-6m78-44q2
Starting with Firefox 142, it was possible for a compromised child process to trigger a use-after...
Starting with Firefox 142, it was possible for a compromised child process to trigger a use-after-free in the GPU or browser process using WebGPU-related IPC calls. This may have been usable to escape the child process sandbox. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144.0.2.
- Record
GHSA-mmmm-6m78-44q2- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Starting with Firefox 142, it was possible for a compromised child process to trigger a use-after-free in the GPU or browser process using WebGPU-related IPC calls. This may have been usable to escape the child process sandbox. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144.0.2.
- Record
CVE-2025-12380- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-12380
Starting with Firefox 142, it was possible for a compromised child process to trigger a use-after-free in the GPU or browser process using WebGPU-related IPC calls. This may have been usable to escape the child process sandbox. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144.0.2.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-12380- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15686-1 No score
MozillaFirefox-144.0.2-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaFirefox-144.0.2-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:15686-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:11373-1 No score
firefox-esr-153.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the firefox-esr-153.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:11373-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
MozillaFirefoxopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 144.0.2-1.1 | 144.0.2-1.1 |
firefox-esropenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 228 CVEs |
before 153.0-1.1 | 153.0-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-12380 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Mozilla Firefox, published October 28, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. Fixed in MozillaFirefox 144.0.2-1.1.
References
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1993113
mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-86
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12380
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmmm-6m78-44q2
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-12380
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12380
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suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-12380
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