Memory Leak The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package tidy-html5  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2504-TIDYHTML5-10494229
  • published14 Aug 2025
  • disclosed23 Jun 2025

Introduced: 23 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-6498  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:25.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tidy-html5 package and not the tidy-html5 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HTACG tidy-html5 5.8.0. Affected is the function defaultAlloc of the file src/alloc.c. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.