CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-5270

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: May 27, 2025 | Modified: Jun 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.4 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

In certain cases, SNI could have been sent unencrypted even when encrypted DNS was enabled. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 139 and Thunderbird < 139.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firefox Mozilla * 139.0 (excluding)
Firefox Ubuntu focal *
Mozjs102 Ubuntu esm-apps/noble *
Mozjs102 Ubuntu jammy *
Mozjs102 Ubuntu noble *
Mozjs115 Ubuntu devel *
Mozjs115 Ubuntu noble *
Mozjs115 Ubuntu oracular *
Mozjs115 Ubuntu plucky *
Mozjs52 Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Mozjs52 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Mozjs52 Ubuntu focal *
Mozjs68 Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Mozjs68 Ubuntu focal *
Mozjs78 Ubuntu esm-apps/jammy *
Mozjs78 Ubuntu jammy *
Mozjs91 Ubuntu jammy *
Thunderbird Ubuntu focal *
Thunderbird Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References