CVE-2017-17497

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-17497
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-10 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-02-04 16:38:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Htacg Tidy 5.7.0 All All All
Application Htacg Tidy 5.7.0 All All All

References

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Segmentation Fault · Issue #656 · htacg/tidy-html5 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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