CVE-2015-5523

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 11, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

Related CVEs from 2015

CVE-2015-55249.8An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4) and later software through 2015-05-13. There is a buffer overflow in datablocCVE-2015-55284.3Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the save_order function in class-floating-social-bar.php in the Floating Social Bar plugin beforCVE-2015-55294.3Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Free Reprintables ArticleFR 3.0.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scriCVE-2015-55306.8Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Free Reprintables ArticleFR 3.0.6 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentCVE-2015-55315.0Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors relaCVE-2015-55326.1Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Paid Memberships Pro (PMPro) plugin before 1.8.4.3 for WordPress allow remote attCVE-2015-55337.2SQL injection vulnerability in counter-options.php in the Count Per Day plugin before 3.4.1 for WordPress allows remote authenticated adminiCVE-2015-55346.8Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Oxwall before 1.8 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of adminCVE-2015-55354.3Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the qTranslate plugin 2.5.39 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitraCVE-2015-55369.0Belkin N300 Dual-Band Wi-Fi Range Extender with firmware before 1.04.10 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via CVE-2015-55374.3The SSL layer of the HTTPS service in Siemens RuggedCom ROS before 4.2.0 and ROX II does not properly implement CBC padding, which makes it CVE-2015-553810.0Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway before 10.1 Build 132.8
CVE-2015-5523: Medium severity, CVSS 4.3 | Vulnix