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nvd[email protected]NVD:CVE-2015-5523
HistoryAug 11, 2015 - 2:59 p.m.

CVE-2015-5523

2015-08-1114:59:15
CWE-119
web.nvd.nist.gov
7

CVSS2

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

AI Score

5.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.02

Percentile

88.9%

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 configurations

Nvd
Node
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch12.04lts
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch14.04lts
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch15.04
Node
debiandebian_linuxMatch7.0
OR
debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0
Node
appleiphone_osRange8.2
OR
applemac_os_xRange10.6.8
OR
applewatchosRange1.0.1
Node
htacgtidyRange4.9.30
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linux12.04cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonicalubuntu_linux15.04cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debiandebian_linux7.0cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debiandebian_linux8.0cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appleiphone_os*cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
applemac_os_x*cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
applewatchos*cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htacgtidy*cpe:2.3:a:htacg:tidy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS2

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

AI Score

5.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.02

Percentile

88.9%