CVE catalog
CVE-2017-17497
tidy-html5: CVE-2017-17497
- Severity
- Low · CVSS 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.38% · Oct 25, 2026
In Tidy 5.7.0, the prvTidyTidyMetaCharset function in clean.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation Fault), because the currentNode variable in the "children of the head" processing feature is modified in the loop without validating the new value.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tidy-html5 | sid | 2:5.8.0-2.1 | fixed |
| Debian | tidy-html5 | forky | 2:5.8.0-2.1 | fixed |
| Debian | tidy-html5 | trixie | 2:5.8.0-2 | fixed |
| Debian | tidy-html5 | bookworm | 2:5.6.0-11 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tidy-html5 | source | sid | 2:5.6.0-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tidy-html5 | source | forky | 2:5.6.0-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tidy-html5 | source | trixie | 2:5.6.0-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tidy-html5 | source | bookworm | 2:5.6.0-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libtidy5deb1]Fixed
Source package: [tidy-html5]
Details (2)
2:5.6.0-11· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:5.6.0-3dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · bookworm; dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · 12
2:5.6.0-11· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:5.6.0-3dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · bookworm; dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · 12
- [libtidy-dev]Fixed
Source package: [tidy-html5]
Details (2)
2:5.6.0-11· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:5.6.0-3dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · bookworm; dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · 12
2:5.6.0-11· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:5.6.0-3dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · bookworm; dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · 12
- [tidy]Fixed
Source package: [tidy-html5]
Details (2)
2:5.6.0-11· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:5.6.0-3dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · bookworm; dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · 12
2:5.6.0-11· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:5.6.0-3dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · bookworm; dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libtidy58]Fixed
Source package: [tidy-html5]
Details (2)
2:5.8.0-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2:5.6.0-3dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · 13
2:5.8.0-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2:5.6.0-3dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · 13
- [libtidy-dev]Fixed
Source package: [tidy-html5]
Details (2)
2:5.8.0-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2:5.6.0-3dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · 13
2:5.8.0-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2:5.6.0-3dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · 13
- [tidy]Fixed
Source package: [tidy-html5]
Details (2)
2:5.8.0-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2:5.6.0-3dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · 13
2:5.8.0-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2:5.6.0-3dsa · tidy-html5 · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17497]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17497]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-17497.json]
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