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CVE-2017-5436 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.99% · 76.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.99%

76.8th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	thunderbird	0, 1:45.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	firefox	44.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1, 0, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	thunderbird	0, 1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu2, 1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	firefox	37.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 36.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Timeline

Apr 20, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5436 third-party-advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5436 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3260-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3278-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5436 third-party-advisory

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