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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-11940 Detail

Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in LibreWolf up to 143.0.4-1 on Windows. This affects an unknown function of the file assets/setup.nsi of the component Installer. Such manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack must be carried out locally. Attacks of this nature are highly complex. The exploitability is reported as difficult. Upgrading to version 144.0-1 mitigates this issue. The name of the patch is dd10e31dd873e9cb309fad8aed921d45bf905a55. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-B 7.3 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://codeberg.org/librewolf/bsys6/commit/dd10e31dd873e9cb309fad8aed921d45bf905a55 VulDB
https://codeberg.org/librewolf/bsys6/releases/tag/144.0-1 VulDB
https://github.com/Cyber-Wo0dy/report/blob/main/librewolf/143.0.4-1/librewolf_installer_exe_hijacking.md VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.329019 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?id.329019 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?submit.671575 VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element VulDB  
CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-11940
NVD Published Date:
10/19/2025
NVD Last Modified:
10/19/2025
Source:
VulDB