CVEs-PoC/2015/CVE-2015-5523.md

CVE-2015-5523

Description

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.

POC

Reference

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/2

Github

• https://github.com/mrash/afl-cve