What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-55028?

CVE-2025-55028 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

Which versions of Apple are affected by CVE-2025-55028?

CVE-2025-55028 presents notable security risk, a resource exhaustion vulnerability rated CVSS 6.5. Service availability could be impacted.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-55028?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

Apple CVE-2025-55028

MEDIUM

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

2025-08-19 security@mozilla.org

Denial Of Service Apple Mozilla

6.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.5 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:07 vuln.today

CVE Published

Aug 19, 2025 - 21:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionCVE.org

AnalysisAI

Malicious scripts utilizing repetitive JavaScript alerts could prevent client user interaction in some scenarios and allow for denial of service attacks This vulnerability affects Firefox for iOS <. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. Malicious scripts utilizing repetitive JavaScript alerts could prevent client user interaction in some scenarios and allow for denial of service attacks This vulnerability affects Firefox for iOS < 142. Affected products include: Mozilla Firefox.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.