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CVE-2017-5436

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-11 · updated 2026-10-16
• Weakness: CWE-787

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 products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Mozilla Firefox: before 45.9.0; from 46.0 before 52.1.0 — fixed in 45.9.0, 52.1.0
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 52.1.0 — fixed in 52.1.0
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.3, 7.4
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0
• Sil Graphite2: before 1.3.10 — fixed in 1.3.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 45.9.0, 52.1.0; Mozilla Thunderbird 52.1.0; Sil Graphite2 1.3.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345461
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-25
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/

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