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CVE-2017-5402 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 2.50% · 85.2th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

2.50%

85.2th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	thunderbird	1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	firefox	51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2, 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	firefox	42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 43.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	thunderbird	1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Timeline

Mar 7, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5402 third-party-advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/#CVE-2017-5402 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3216-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3233-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5402 third-party-advisory

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