CVE-2015-5523

tidy: heap buffer overflow in ParseValue()

Published Aug 11, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 3.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
The ParseValue function in lexer.c in tidy before 4.9.31 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving multiple whitespace characters before an empty href, which triggers a large memory allocation.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-273-1 tidy security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3309-1 tidy security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-5478 The ParseValue function in lexer.c in tidy before 4.9.31 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving multiple whitespace characters before an empty href, which triggers a large memory allocation.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2695-1 HTML Tidy vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 6:50 AM
Reserved
Jul 14, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 11, 2015, 2:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:29 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 3, 2015, 12:00 AM