Description
Following the recent Chrome sandbox escape (CVE-2025-2783), various Firefox developers identified a similar pattern in our IPC code. A compromised child process could cause the parent process to return an unintentionally powerful handle, leading to a sandbox escape.
The original vulnerability was being exploited in the wild.
*This only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 136.0.4, Firefox ESR 128.8.1, and Firefox ESR 115.21.1.
Published: 2025-03-27
Score: 10 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Sandbox escape leading to privilege escalation
Action: Patch
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-8495 Following the recent Chrome sandbox escape (CVE-2025-2783), various Firefox developers identified a similar pattern in our IPC code. A compromised child process could cause the parent process to return an unintentionally powerful handle, leading to a sandbox escape. The original vulnerability was being exploited in the wild. *This only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 136.0.4, Firefox ESR < 128.8.1, and Firefox ESR < 115.21.1.
History

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Following the recent Chrome sandbox escape (CVE-2025-2783), various Firefox developers identified a similar pattern in our IPC code. A compromised child process could cause the parent process to return an unintentionally powerful handle, leading to a sandbox escape. The original vulnerability was being exploited in the wild. *This only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 136.0.4, Firefox ESR < 128.8.1, and Firefox ESR < 115.21.1. Following the recent Chrome sandbox escape (CVE-2025-2783), various Firefox developers identified a similar pattern in our IPC code. A compromised child process could cause the parent process to return an unintentionally powerful handle, leading to a sandbox escape. The original vulnerability was being exploited in the wild. *This only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 136.0.4, Firefox ESR 128.8.1, and Firefox ESR 115.21.1.
Title firefox: Firefox IPC sandbox escape on windows Incorrect handle could lead to sandbox escapes

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-668

Thu, 01 May 2025 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla firefox

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title firefox: Firefox IPC sandbox escape on windows
References

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Following the sandbox escape in CVE-2025-2783, various Firefox developers identified a similar pattern in our IPC code. Attackers were able to confuse the parent process into leaking handles to unprivileged child processes leading to a sandbox escape. The original vulnerability was being exploited in the wild. *This only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 136.0.4, Firefox ESR < 128.8.1, and Firefox ESR < 115.21.1. Following the recent Chrome sandbox escape (CVE-2025-2783), various Firefox developers identified a similar pattern in our IPC code. A compromised child process could cause the parent process to return an unintentionally powerful handle, leading to a sandbox escape. The original vulnerability was being exploited in the wild. *This only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 136.0.4, Firefox ESR < 128.8.1, and Firefox ESR < 115.21.1.
References

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Following the sanbdox escape in CVE-2025-2783, various Firefox developers identified a similar pattern in our IPC code. Attackers were able to confuse the parent process into leaking handles into unpriviled child processes leading to a sandbox escape. The original vulnerability was being exploited in the wild. *This only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 136.0.4, Firefox ESR < 128.8.1, and Firefox ESR < 115.21.1. Following the sandbox escape in CVE-2025-2783, various Firefox developers identified a similar pattern in our IPC code. Attackers were able to confuse the parent process into leaking handles to unprivileged child processes leading to a sandbox escape. The original vulnerability was being exploited in the wild. *This only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 136.0.4, Firefox ESR < 128.8.1, and Firefox ESR < 115.21.1.

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Following the sanbdox escape in CVE-2025-2783, various Firefox developers identified a similar pattern in our IPC code. Attackers were able to confuse the parent process into leaking handles into unpriviled child processes leading to a sandbox escape. The original vulnerability was being exploited in the wild. *This only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 136.0.4, Firefox ESR < 128.8.1, and Firefox ESR < 115.21.1.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-13T14:30:19.981Z

Reserved: 2025-03-27T10:54:42.071Z

Link: CVE-2025-2857

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-28T15:25:30.861Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-03-27T14:15:55.720

Modified: 2026-04-13T15:16:56.047

Link: CVE-2025-2857

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2025-03-27T13:27:57Z

Links: CVE-2025-2857 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-20T18:30:13Z

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