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CVE-2015-5523

Published: 16 July 2015

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
same fix as CVE-2015-5522

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
tidy
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (20091223cvs-1ubuntu2.1)
trusty
Released (20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1.1)
upstream
Released (20091223cvs-1.5)
utopic Ignored
(end of life)
vivid
Released (20091223cvs-1.4ubuntu0.1)