CVE-2015-5523

EPSS 3.8%

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.

Affected products

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References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/217#issuecomment-108565501 https://support.apple.com/HT205212 https://support.apple.com/HT205213 https://support.apple.com/HT205267 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3309 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/7 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/15/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75037