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CVE-2015-5523
UNKNOWN · CVSS n/a
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2015-08-11T14:59:15.430 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:29:16.440

Summary

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

canonical — ubuntu_linux

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References

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