CVE-2015-5522
Heap-based buffer overflow in 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 a command character in an
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in 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 a command character in an
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-08-11 14:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 06:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-07-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0f7dd0c45141f53eed5ef4303b8663da775aa76f9fe1d7fe7ba55b887d5be461
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1033703http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150713 Re: CVE Request - tidy 0.99 / tidy5 heap-buffer-overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/7
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT205212
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150604 CVE Request - tidy 0.99 / tidy5 heap-buffer-overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/2
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2695-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2695-1
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT205267
- www.debian.orgDSA-3309http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3309
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2015-09-21-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/217
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT205213
- www.securityfocus.com75037http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75037
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2015-09-16-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150714 Re: CVE Request - tidy 0.99 / tidy5 heap-buffer-overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/15/3
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- tidy Fixed in 20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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