CVE-2015-5523

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5523
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-11 14:59:15 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Watchos All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Htacg Tidy All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apple OS X Multiple Flaws Let Remote and Local Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Deny Service and Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request - tidy 0.99 / tidy5 heap-buffer-overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
About the security content of watchOS 2 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request - tidy 0.99 / tidy5 heap-buffer-overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3 OS X El Capitan 10.11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-2695-1: HTML Tidy vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Tidy 'tmbstr.c' Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-1 iOS 9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
About the security content of iOS 9 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
tidy heap-buffer-overflow · Issue #217 · htacg/tidy-html5 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3309-1 tidy af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
About the security content of OS X El Capitan v10.11 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request - tidy 0.99 / tidy5 heap-buffer-overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
APPLE-SA-2015-09-21-1 watchOS 2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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