CVE-2017-17497

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2017-12-10T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In Tidy 5.7.0, the prvTidyTidyMetaCharset function in clean.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation Fault), because the currentNode variable in the \"children of the head\" processing feature is modified in the loop without validating the new value."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2017-12-10T22:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/656"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2017-17497", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "In Tidy 5.7.0, the prvTidyTidyMetaCharset function in clean.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation Fault), because the currentNode variable in the \"children of the head\" processing feature is modified in the loop without validating the new value."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/656", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/656"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T20:51:31.608Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/656"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2017-17497", "datePublished": "2017-12-10T22:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2017-12-10T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T20:51:31.608Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:htacg:tidy:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "492CCB5E-B6FC-408A-B8A1-DCAD17B2FE9A", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In Tidy 5.7.0, the prvTidyTidyMetaCharset function in clean.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation Fault), because the currentNode variable in the \"children of the head\" processing feature is modified in the loop without validating the new value."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En Tidy 5.7.0, la funci\u00f3n prvTidyTidyMetaCharset en clean.c permite que atacantes provoquen una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (fallo de segmentaci\u00f3n), debido a que la variable currentNode en la caracter\u00edstica de procesamiento \"children of the head\" se modifica en el bucle sin validar el nuevo valor."}], "id": "CVE-2017-17497", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:10:52.277", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 5.0, "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 2.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}], "cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2017-12-10T22:29:00.263", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Issue Tracking", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/656"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Issue Tracking", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/656"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-119"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "tidy: Segmentation fault in the prvTidyTidyMetaCharset function", "id": "1524567", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524567"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "3.3", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-20", "details": ["In Tidy 5.7.0, the prvTidyTidyMetaCharset function in clean.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation Fault), because the currentNode variable in the \"children of the head\" processing feature is modified in the loop without validating the new value."], "name": "CVE-2017-17497", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "tidy", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}], "public_date": "2017-12-09T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17497\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17497"], "threat_severity": "Low"}

{}