CVE-2015-5522
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8 · Memory corruption
6.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3309Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75037
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/2Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/7Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/15/3Exploit