Vulnerability CVE-2017-5447
Published: 2018-06-11

Description:
An out-of-bounds read during the processing of glyph widths during text layout. This results in a potentially exploitable crash and could allow an attacker to read otherwise inaccessible memory. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Mozilla Firefox < 53 gfxTextRun Out-of-Bounds Read
Google Security ...
25.05.2017

Type:

CWE-416

 (Use After Free)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.4/10
4.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server aus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Mozilla -> Firefox 
Mozilla -> Firefox esr 
Mozilla -> Thunderbird 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 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=1343552
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42071/
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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