VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-5412
A buffer overflow read during SVG filter color value operations, resulting in data exposure.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.43%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A buffer overflow read during SVG filter color value operations, resulting in data exposure. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.43% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
EPSS moved from 1.7% on 21 September 2026 to 4.4% on 27 October 2026, peaking at 4.5% on 22 September 2026.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1328323Issue Tracking
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1328323Issue Tracking
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.