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CVE-2017-13692

Published: 25 August 2017

In Tidy 5.5.31, the IsURLCodePoint function in attrs.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation Fault), as demonstrated by an invalid ISALNUM argument.

Notes

AuthorNote
tyhicks
As of 2017-08-25, upstream has not had a chance to triage the bug

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
tidy
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
zesty Does not exist

tidy-html5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

zesty Not vulnerable
(code not present)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H