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CVE-2017-5436

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 11, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 03:29 PM UTC
11 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFirefoxEnterprise Linux

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
8.0
Firefox· Mozilla
95%
All versionsv < 45.9.046.0 ≤ v < 52.1.052.0
Affected range stops below 53, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 53.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Thunderbird· Mozilla
95%
All versionsv < 52.1.0
Affected range stops below 52.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 52.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Enterprise Linux· Red Hatrpm
95%
6.07.0
Enterprise Linux Desktop· Red Hatrubygems
95%
6.07.0
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%
6.07.0
Enterprise Linux Server Aus· Red Hatrubygems
95%
7.37.4
Enterprise Linux Server Eus· Red Hatrubygems
95%
7.37.47.5
Enterprise Linux Workstation· Red Hatrubygems
95%
6.07.0
GRAPHITE2· Sil
95%
All versionsv < 1.3.10

References (12)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345461
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-25
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-787

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