VDB
CVE-2015-5523
CVE-2015-5523
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 3.84% · 89.1th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
3.84%
89.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | tidy | 0, 20091223cvs-1.2, 20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Jul 16, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Oct 30, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5523 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/2 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2695-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5523 third-party-advisory