CVE-2017-5436

HIGH

Graphite 2 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An out-of-bounds write in the Graphite 2 library triggered with a maliciously crafted Graphite font. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This issue was fixed in the Graphite 2 library as well as Mozilla products. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-25
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345461
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0056
EPSS Percentile 68.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (18)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
mozilla/firefox 52.0
mozilla/firefox < 45.9.0
mozilla/thunderbird < 52.1.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
... and 8 more
Published Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026