CVE-2015-5522

Publication date 16 July 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tidy 15.04 vivid
Fixed 20091223cvs-1.4ubuntu0.1
14.10 utopic Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 20091223cvs-1ubuntu2.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
tidy

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2695-1
    • HTML Tidy vulnerabilities
    • 29 July 2015

Other references