Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting tidy package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.84% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-TIDY-1954688
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Jun 2015

Introduced: 3 Jun 2015

CVE-2015-5523  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 tidy.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tidy package and not the tidy package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1