CVE-2017-5402
N/A
Published: June 11, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:20 AM UTC
10 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFirefoxEnterprise Linux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
A use-after-free can occur when events are fired for a "FontFace" object after the object has been already been destroyed while working with fonts. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52, Firefox ESR < 45.8, Thunderbird < 52, and Thunderbird < 45.8.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 45.8.0v < 52v < 52.0
Affected range stops below 52, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 52.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 45.8v < 45.8.0v < 52
Affected range stops below 45.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 45.8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 52, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
v < 45.8
Affected range stops below 45.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 45.8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (14)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0498.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96664VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1334876Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-06Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-07Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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