Protected property modification via unwritable iterator indices
Published Oct 14, 2025 · Updated Oct 14, 2025
Type confusion in Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird allows remote attackers to modify protected JavaScript object properties. SpiderMonkey's PropertyEnumerator recorded data-property slots without checking whether their descriptors were writable, allowing optimized enumeration to use invalid assignment targets. Affected releases are Firefox before 144, Firefox ESR before 115.29 and before 140.4, Thunderbird before 140.4 and before 144; exploitation requires user interaction, and the public proof of concept reaches a JSON.stringify crash.
Summary
What happened
Type confusion in Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird allows remote attackers to modify protected JavaScript object properties. SpiderMonkey's PropertyEnumerator recorded data-property slots without checking whether their descriptors were writable, allowing optimized enumeration to use invalid assignment targets. Affected releases are Firefox before 144, Firefox ESR before 115.29 and before 140.4, Thunderbird before 140.4 and before 144; exploitation requires user interaction, and the public proof of concept reaches a JSON.stringify crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-11711
- Published
- Oct 14, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2025
- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Firefox
- Classifications
- CWE-591, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 14, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <144
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Public exploit references
- Mozilla Bug 1989978 JSON.stringify proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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