CVE-2017-5447
mediumpriority · attend · 52EPSS 0.170 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.4–9.1
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-42071Mozilla Firefox < 53 - 'gfxTextRun' Out-of-Bounds Readfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (68)
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also known as (7)
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references (31)
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1343552cnnvd
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/Patchcnnvd
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/cnnvd
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/cnnvd
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/cnnvd
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940enisa_euvd
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