CVE catalog
CVE-2015-5523
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5523
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.84% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | tidy | 14.04 | 20091223cvs-1.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tidy | 14.04 | 20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tidy | 14.04 | 20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | tidy | deb | 14.04 | 20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5523 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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