CVE-2015-5523

Tidy <4.9.31 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/7
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT205212
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2695-1
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT205267
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3309
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT205213
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75037
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/15/3

Scores

EPSS 0.0384
EPSS Percentile 88.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (9)
apple/iphone_os < 8.2
apple/mac_os_x < 10.6.8
apple/watchos < 1.0.1
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.04
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
htacg/tidy < 4.9.30
Published Aug 11, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026