Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting firefox-debugsource package, versions <0:140.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.33% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-FIREFOXDEBUGSOURCE-13166146
  • published1 Oct 2025
  • disclosed15 Sept 2025

Introduced: 15 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-59375  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 firefox-debugsource to version 0:140.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1203.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-debugsource package and not the firefox-debugsource package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

libexpat in Expat before 2.7.2 allows attackers to trigger large dynamic memory allocations via a small document that is submitted for parsing.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1