CVEs-PoC/2017/CVE-2017-5436.md

### [CVE-2017-5436](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5436)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345461
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.