UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5522

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5522
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5522.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5522
Upstream
  • CVE-2015-5522
Downstream
Related
Published
2015-07-16T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-04-22T10:14:13Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / tidy

Package

Name
tidy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tidy@20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

20091223cvs-1.*
20091223cvs-1.2
20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libtidy-0.99-0",
            "binary_version": "20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tidy",
            "binary_version": "20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5522.json"