CVE-2017-5447 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Reference

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/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.1