CVE-2025-6435
firefox: Save as in Devtools could download files without sanitizing the extension
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
Review impact separately from score.
Published · June 24, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in Firefox. The Mozilla Foundation's Security Advisory describes the following issue: If a user saved a response from the Network tab in Devtools using the Save As context menu option, that file may not have been saved with the <code>.download</code> file extension. This could have led to the user inadvertently running a malicious executable.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 3.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE not specified