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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…
Medium6.8EPSS 4.6%
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- mitre
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 href.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (14)
- 1033703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150713 Re: CVE Request - tidy 0.99 / tidy5 heap-buffer-overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205212 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150604 CVE Request - tidy 0.99 / tidy5 heap-buffer-overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2695-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3309 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-09-21-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/217 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205213 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 75037 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150714 Re: CVE Request - tidy 0.99 / tidy5 heap-buffer-overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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