| Name | CVE-2015-5522 |
| Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in 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 a command character in an href. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-273-1, DSA-3309-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 792571 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tidy (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 20091223cvs-1.4+deb8u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/217
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/2