CVE-2025-4086 (GCVE-0-2025-4086)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-29 13:13 – Updated: 2026-04-13 14:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Specially crafted filename could be used to obscure download type
Summary
A specially crafted filename containing a large number of encoded newline characters could obscure the file's extension when displayed in the download dialog.
*This bug only affects Thunderbird for Android. Other versions of Thunderbird are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 138 and Thunderbird 138.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-29 15:53 UTC
CWE
- CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox |
Unaffected:
138 , ≤ *
(rpm)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Unaffected:
138 , ≤ *
(rpm)
|
guessed |
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