Content-process code execution via truncated branch address
Published Jul 22, 2025 · Updated Jul 29, 2026
Code execution in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird allows remote attackers to run code in the content process via crafted WebAssembly on arm64. The arm64 WebAssembly baseline compiler encodes an out-of-range jump-table label in a 21-bit ADR immediate, truncating the address before indexing and branching. A module with more than 65,520 branch-table entries can redirect the indirect jump into attacker-shaped JIT code; Thunderbird email reading disables scripting, so exposure there requires a browser-like context.
Summary
What happened
Code execution in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird allows remote attackers to run code in the content process via crafted WebAssembly on arm64. The arm64 WebAssembly baseline compiler encodes an out-of-range jump-table label in a 21-bit ADR immediate, truncating the address before indexing and branching. A module with more than 65,520 branch-table entries can redirect the indirect jump into attacker-shaped JIT code; Thunderbird email reading disables scripting, so exposure there requires a browser-like context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-8028
- Published
- Jul 22, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 29, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-1332, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 22, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 29, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Mozilla Bugzilla arm64 WebAssembly testcaseproof of concept · demonstrated
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